Special Intensive Revision: District Collectors in Kerala directed to avoid overlap of SIR and local body election works

Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan Kelkar has directed each District Collectors to guarantee the creaseless and effectual implementation of some the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the upcoming section assemblage elections successful Kerala without immoderate operational overlap.

It was a “conscious decision” taken astatine the commencement of SIR that booth level officers (BLOs) volition not beryllium assigned immoderate duties connected with the section assemblage elections, the CEO’s bureau said connected Wednesday (November 5, 2025). 

Personnel engaged successful the behaviour of section assemblage elections volition not beryllium entrusted with BLO duties during the SIR. In instances wherever unit progressive successful section assemblage predetermination enactment are besides designated arsenic BLO, they volition beryllium replaced by different officials successful enactment with the instructions and circulars issued by the Election Commission of India, the CEO’s bureau said.

District Collectors person been instructed to instrumentality the indispensable steps to guarantee that the SIR is implemented successfully and completed arsenic per the prescribed schedule.

Over 2.07 lakh enumeration forms were distributed connected Tuesday successful Kerala, the archetypal time of the house-to-house enumeration of the SIR.