The ECI order issued late on Wednesday night said, “It has been brought to the notice of the Commission Dr A S Sivakumar , who is the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of three assembly constituencies, has been placed under suspension with immediate effect by the Lt Governor on her own.... In this context, it is stated that in capacity as an ERO, Sivakumar is subject to the control, superintendence and discipline of the commission under 13cc of the RP Act, 1950 and Lieutenant Governor, Puducherry ought to have taken the Commission into confidence and consulted it before placing him under suspension.”