Telangana SIR: 92.87 lakh electors to receive notices over roll discrepancies

The Telangana CEO has identified discrepancies in forms submitted by 92.87 lakh electors during the SIR exercise. Genuine electors left out of draft rolls can enrol again by submitting Form-6, while those receiving notices can provide replies and supporting documents.

Hyderabad: In the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, genuine electors who have been left out of the draft rolls have a chance to enroll back in the ongoing claims and objections phase, which concludes on September 16.

In the draft rolls released by the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), a staggering 73,39,235 were identified under the Absent, Shifted, Death and Duplication (ASDD) category. To enrol back, genuine electors will now have to fill and submit Form-6 along with the prescribed declaration form.

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The Telangana CEO has identified anomalies in the forms submitted by 92,87,577 electors. While 60,50,918 voters have anomalies such as name and age mismatch in their forms, 32,36,659 electors have not furnished their SIR 2002 list details.

Now, the Telangana CEO has commenced issuing notices to these 92,87,577 electors who have any one of these nine identified logical discrepancies/anomalies.

Electors will receive the notice from the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant EROs via the BLOs and/or registered post at their house addresses on or before September 16. Replies, along with necessary documents, can be submitted to the BLOs, AEROs or EROs.

If not satisfied with the details, an ERO/AERO might call an elector for a hearing to submit additional information. The notice and disposal of claims and objections phase concludes on October 15, and the final electoral roll will be published on October 19.

The nine identified logical discrepancies/anomalies:

– Less than nine months’ gap between progeny

– Less than 15 years’ age gap between parent and progeny

– Greater than 50 years’ age gap between progeny and parent

– Less than 40 years age gap between elector and grandparent

– Different parent name between eroll and last SIR

– Mapped with different relative type between current eroll and last roll (father/mother)

– Mapped with father in the current roll and husband in the last SIR

– Different father in current eroll and last SIR in case of self

– Incorrect age difference between current and last SIR for self