PTI Chennai Bureau
Chennai, Apr 24 (PTI) Election authorities lodged a police
complaint against five companies at an IT park here for
functioning on the day of Lok Sabha polling in Tamil Nadu
today in violation of rules and sent back around 2,000
employees home to enable them to vote.
Officials said they received comlaints from employees of
firms like Wipro in an IT park that they had been asked to
report for duty despite the provision in law that employers
and commercial establishments must grant holiday with wages
for their employees on polling day.
"When we visited ELCOT IT Park at Sholinganallur, we found
that Tech Mahindra, HCL, Sodexho, Wipro and Voltas were
working as usual," Sholinganallur Revenue Inspector R Jayanthi
Mala told PTI, adding this was a violation of election rules.
Well in advance, the government declared holiday for polls
and requested IT firms to comply. A complaint has been filed
with the police seeking action against the companies for
flouting government poll norms, she said.
About 2,000 employees were sent out of the ELCOT premises
by officials.
"We have told the companies that there should be no more
shifts and have locked the campus gate," she said.
This is perhaps the first time, the election authorities
have taken action and filed a formal complaint against
companies for working on polling day.
State Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Kumar had yesterday
warned of penal action against those violating the statutory
provision giving workers paid leave on poll day.
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