Return enumeration forms or risk losing voter status: Hyderabad District Election Officer

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Hyderabad District Election Officer R.V. Karnan addressing a property   league  connected  the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls-2026 successful  Hyderabad connected  Monday.

Hyderabad District Election Officer R.V. Karnan addressing a property league connected the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls-2026 successful Hyderabad connected Monday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G.

Hyderabad territory predetermination serviceman R.V.Karnan has warned that the electors who bash not instrumentality the filled-up enumeration forms to Booth Level Officers during their house-to-house visits arsenic portion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls volition beryllium removed from voters’ list.

Even if the signifier is not filled successful each respects, they tin simply motion their sanction and connect the latest photograph erstwhile they instrumentality the forms, but instrumentality they must, helium cautioned portion addressing a media league connected Monday. Names of the persons who bash not instrumentality the forms volition beryllium prominently displayed successful ERO’s bureau and connected the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer’s website.

Mr.Karnan, who is besides the GHMC Commissioner, has informed that a full 22,09,647 retired of the 47,36,669 voters (46.65%) successful the territory person been mapped to their names successful the SIR-2002 database during the pre-SIR mapping. The unmapped voters basal astatine 25,27,022.

House-to-house visits by the BLOs are acceptable to statesman from June 25 and proceed up to July 24, during which the BLO indispensable sojourn each location astatine slightest 3 times. They volition administer the enumeration forms to the existing electors connected the rolls, and cod them backmost aft they are filled in, too assisting the electors successful filling up the forms.

The forms volition beryllium fixed successful duplicate, and 1 signifier volition beryllium near with the elector arsenic an acknowledgement. In lawsuit immoderate elector is not present, a household subordinate whitethorn motion the signifier connected their behalf. No papers needs to beryllium submitted on with the form.

Rationalisation of the polling stations excessively volition beryllium taken up during the process, earlier the draught electoral rolls are published connected July 31. Claims and objections whitethorn beryllium filed up to August 30, which volition beryllium disposed of by September 28. Final rolls volition beryllium published connected October 1.

Mr.Karnan said Booth Level Agents (BLA) from recognised governmental parties excessively volition beryllium trained and fixed individuality cards, for them to travel the BLOs connected their house-to-house visits. The BLAs are allowed to record applications successful bulk, taxable to the information that each BLA should not taxable much than 50 forms per time to the BLO earlier the draught work and 10 forms per time thereafter.

Help desks person been established astatine the Electoral Registration Offices arsenic good arsenic astatine the offices of the District Election Officer. Mapped and unmapped elector information has been supplied to each recognised governmental parties. Assistance volition beryllium provided to the BLOs from NSS volunteers, NCC cadets, retired employees, NGOs and others. A sticker volition beryllium pasted astatine each household upon completion of the enumeration process.

Following the draught work of the electoral rolls, the persons who could not beryllium linked to the 2002 rolls, oregon whose details person discrepancies successful the rolls, volition beryllium issued notices by the ERO. They volition person to nutrient immoderate of the 12 listed documents on with their reply.

Published - June 22, 2026 08:43 p.m. IST

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