Hyderabad, May 17: The Election Commission will begin the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana from June 25 with house to house enumeration. The draft electoral roll will be published on July 31.
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharshan Reddy said the enumeration process will continue till July 24. After publication of the draft electoral roll, voters can submit claims and objections between July 31 and August 30.
Speaking to media persons, the CEO clarified that only the Enumeration Form (EF) will be collected during the enumeration process and no additional documents are required at that stage.
Telangana SIR To Verify Electoral Roll Details
The notice serving process will take place between July 31 and September 28. During this phase, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) will issue notices to voters whose details could not be linked properly with previous electoral records or where discrepancies are found.
Officials said voters who receive notices can submit any one of 12 approved documents. These include Aadhaar card, passport, birth certificate, educational certificate, permanent residence proof, forest rights certificate and caste certificates related to OBC, SC or ST categories.
The final electoral roll will be published on October 1.
Before publication of the draft roll, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will distribute partially pre printed Enumeration Forms to existing voters. BLOs will help electors complete the forms and collect them directly from households.
Officials said each BLO must visit every voter’s house at least three times during the process. Form 6 and declaration forms for inclusion of new voters will also be collected during the exercise.
Voters can also submit Enumeration Forms online through the Election Commission website.
According to officials, Telangana currently has 3,39,24,664 registered electors. Out of these, 2,18,39,741 electors, representing 64.38 percent, have already been mapped during the pre SIR exercise.
The State has 119 Assembly constituencies, 19,942 polling station locations and 35,985 polling stations. Officials noted that the last Special Intensive Revision in Telangana region was conducted in 2002 when it was part of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
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