<p>Ahmedabad: A teacher of a government primary school in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city was detained by police and produced before a poll officer who had issued a warrant against her for not joining election duty citing the distance between her house and allotted area, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>After taking into consideration her explanation and following her request, Deputy Collector and Assistant Returning Officer Umang Patel allotted Hinal Prajapati, who is a teacher in Chenpur primary school, poll duty near her residence in Gota here.</p>.<p>"She was was selected to work as Booth Level Officer or BLO in Ghatlodia area of the city in February but she did not join duty. Instead, she sent us a written representation saying she cannot join duty because Ghatlodia is far from her house in Gota. She requested she be given duty in a nearby area," said Patel.</p>.Bengal bus operators reluctant to lease vehicles for polls, complain about ‘poor’ payments.<p>She was asked to come and explain her stand and a warrant was issued by Patel under the Representation of the People Act after she failed to do so.</p>.<p>"Since we have limited time in view of the approaching polls, we issued a warrant against her and asked the local police to produce her at the executive magistrate's office in Gota where I sit. She was given duty near her house as we found her reasons genuine," Patel said.</p>.<p>Voting for all the 26 seats in Gujarat will be conducted in a single phase on May 7.</p>
<p>Ahmedabad: A teacher of a government primary school in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city was detained by police and produced before a poll officer who had issued a warrant against her for not joining election duty citing the distance between her house and allotted area, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>After taking into consideration her explanation and following her request, Deputy Collector and Assistant Returning Officer Umang Patel allotted Hinal Prajapati, who is a teacher in Chenpur primary school, poll duty near her residence in Gota here.</p>.<p>"She was was selected to work as Booth Level Officer or BLO in Ghatlodia area of the city in February but she did not join duty. Instead, she sent us a written representation saying she cannot join duty because Ghatlodia is far from her house in Gota. She requested she be given duty in a nearby area," said Patel.</p>.Bengal bus operators reluctant to lease vehicles for polls, complain about ‘poor’ payments.<p>She was asked to come and explain her stand and a warrant was issued by Patel under the Representation of the People Act after she failed to do so.</p>.<p>"Since we have limited time in view of the approaching polls, we issued a warrant against her and asked the local police to produce her at the executive magistrate's office in Gota where I sit. She was given duty near her house as we found her reasons genuine," Patel said.</p>.<p>Voting for all the 26 seats in Gujarat will be conducted in a single phase on May 7.</p>