India, March 7 -- Opposition leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Wednesday wrote letters to the Election Commission of India (ECI) requesting the transfer of municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal and additional municipal commissioners Ashwini Bhide and P Velrasu on the grounds that they have completed three years on their respective positions and are required to be moved out following the rules of the election commission.

Wadettiwar, who is represents the Bramhapuri constituency from Congress, also requested the ECI to issue transfer orders for the said officers as the state government is still not willing to transfer them despite directives issued by the poll body recently.

The development comes days after the ECI rejected the state governm...