what is the issue of Ap election commissioner Ramesh kumar. is their any constitutional violation in it , except political things ?
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The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday removed the State Election Commissioner (SEC), N Ramesh Kumar, from the post by reducing his tenure from five years to three years, through an ordinance amending the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. The Andhra Pradesh Governor, Biswabhusan Harichandan also approved the ordinance the same day to change the tenure, eligibility and method of appointment of the SEC for the state.
Under the amended Act, only a person who has held the office of a judge of the High Court will be eligible to be appointed as an SEC. Presently, those not lower than the rank of a principal secretary are eligible. The tenure of five years has also been brought down to three with the scope of extension by another three years.
The AP government also issued a notification on Friday bringing the ordinance into effect, ending the tenure of Ramesh Kumar, the present SEC who has completed three years in office. "In pursuance of the promulgation of Ordinance No. 5 of 2020, Dr N Ramesh Kumar, IAS (Retd), the incumbent State Election Commissioner ceases to hold the office of State Election Commissioner on and with effect from 10.04. 2020," reads the notification issued by Panchayat raj and Rural Development department principal secretary Gopal Krishna Dwivedi.