THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Election Commissioner Teeka Ram Meena could not cast his vote as his name was not in the voters' list. 30 civil servants, including Chief Secretary Dr Vishwas Mehta, were unable to cast their vote as their names did not feature in the voters' list. They are IAS, IPS and IFS officers living in the Millennium Apartment near the Poojappura Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology.

Both the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Secretary had cast their votes during the last Lok Sabha election. However, they came to notice that their names were not included in the voters list used for the local body polls. They were not able to anything as the final list could not be changed. This was also due to the negligence of the booth-level officer.