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Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elector rotation successful Puducherry, Chief Electoral Officer P. Jawahar successful an interrogation with The Hindu assured nary elector would beryllium near retired of the rotation if they were incapable to find their names successful the Intensive Revision Roll of 2002. Excerpts:
What is the latest update connected the Special Intensive Revision workout being conducted successful the 4 regions of the Union Territory?
Out of 10.21 lakh electors successful Puducherry, we person distributed 9.7 lakh Enumeration Forms (EFs) and digitised astir 4 lakh electors (as connected November 21) successful the ECINet. We are presently digitising astatine the complaint of 50,000 electors per day, and we expect to prime up gait successful the coming days. We person issued a step-by-step usher for enabling tech-savvy electors to capable their forms online done www.voters.eci.gov.in.
Are you hopeful of completing the workout by December 4, arsenic scheduled by the Election Commission of India (EC), fixed the predominant disturbances successful mean activities owed to the onset of Northeast monsoon?
Yes. We would beryllium completing the workout by December 4, arsenic scheduled by the Election Commission. The monsoon is surely a origin that mightiness hinder our progress. However, with bully informing systems by the IMD and different sources, we would beryllium capable to reorient our postulation and digitisation strategy.
For instance, during the ongoing rainfall spells, we tin cod backmost capable fig of EFs from the electors successful beforehand and usage the rainy time to digitise from a cardinal point. The strategy would alteration with each Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) arsenic the EROs relation independently wrong their jurisdiction.
There person been reports astir immoderate deficiencies successful the process. For instance, galore voters complained of trouble successful filling retired 1 portion of the enumeration signifier pertaining to the erstwhile SIR. Could you clarify connected the concerns of voters that they hazard getting disenfranchised if they are not capable to supply details, including EPIC number, relative’s sanction (father), sanction of Assembly constituencies, etc.,
Firstly, fto maine clarify that nary elector would beryllium near retired of the electoral rotation lone for the crushed of not being capable to find their sanction successful the Intensive Revision Roll of 2002. The elector tin sojourn the website of CEO Puducherry — www.ceopuducherry.py.gov.in — to cheque their introduction successful the 2002 roll.
However, contempt these, if an elector is not capable to find her/his introduction successful the past intensive revision roll, the elector shall person to instrumentality the signifier without fail, adjacent though the idiosyncratic was not capable to capable successful the details fully. This would guarantee that the person’s sanction would find her introduction successful the Draft Electoral Roll to beryllium published connected December 9, 2025. In specified cases, the ERO would nonstop a announcement during the claims and objections play betwixt December 9, 2025 and January 8, 2026.
Let maine besides clarify that, successful an predetermination year, summation of names volition beryllium carried connected till the past day of filing nominations. Form 6 (for inclusion) received till 10 days earlier past days of nominations volition beryllium disposed off. To sum up, station December 4 up and until 10 days earlier the past day of filing information for the 2026 election, eligible radical tin get enrolled. However, the EC would privation to spot each voters utilizing the SIR accidental for their enrolment.
There are complaints of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) not making door-to-door visits and alternatively sitting successful 1 place, similar anganwadi centres and asking the voters to cod and taxable forms. Your response...
If determination are circumstantial complaints we volition enactment upon it arsenic BLOs are legally bound by their work to behaviour house-to-house enumeration. Our existent level of organisation stands arsenic a grounds to that. At present, the BLOs are visiting houses of the electors to cod the filled-in EFs.
Electors facing trouble tin publication a telephone with the BLO utilizing the ECINet App (or) voters.eci.gov.in portal (or) telephone the 1950 toll-free fig of the Election Department to question immoderate details regarding form-filling oregon submission.
On reports of SIR process hampering world schedules successful schools...
In Puducherry, we person arsenic acold arsenic possible, avoided appointing teachers handling Class 10 and 12 arsenic BLOs. However, successful the fewer cases wherever teachers person been appointed, volunteers person been provided to easiness the workload of the teacher-cum-BLOs.
What astir the level of practice from governmental parties, fixed the absorption to SIR raised by large parties successful the Union Territory?
In Puducherry, the governmental parties had been briefed good earlier the motorboat of the SIR, astatine the level of the CEO, DEO and EROs. As a grounds to their co-operation, presently 2,278 Booth Level Agents person been appointed by the governmental parties successful Puducherry. This is much than doubly the fig of polling stations successful the Union Territory.
BLAs person been introduced to the BLOs by the EROs already. BLAs tin besides taxable 50 EFs per time aft giving an undertaking. We expect much progressive information of the BLAs successful the SIR initiative.
