Ranchi’s next review of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will disclose the number of hearings and verification cases processed, moving beyond the daily count of voter applications digitised, the chief electoral officer’s office said. The review is scheduled for Monday and will include recognised political parties.
Officials are expected to present separate updates on three categories of cases: electors whose records could not be mapped to the relevant electoral roll, voters flagged for logical discrepancies in their details, and cases taken up for verification after notices were issued. The status of hearings and the decisions taken in these cases will be reported separately from the routine digitisation of electoral forms.
The meeting will also allow recognised political parties to raise grievances, seek clarifications and understand how concerns identified during the revision are being addressed. K Ravi Kumar, chief electoral officer, told The Times of India that regular meetings with recognised political parties were part of the SIR process and were intended to share progress, understand grievances and explain the exercise where concerns remained.
The distinction between digitised applications and disposed cases is significant for tracking the progress of the revision. Digitisation figures show how many applications have been entered into the system, but do not establish how many have been approved, rejected or otherwise resolved. A hearing and verification report would provide a separate measure of cases that required scrutiny by election officials.
According to the CEO’s bulletin issued on Sunday, 14,51,329 applications had been digitised cumulatively until October 24. This included 8,81,492 Form 6 applications for new voter enrolment, 120 Form 6A applications, 27,502 Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names, and 5,48,588 Form 8 applications for corrections or transfers.
A total of 11,049 applications were digitised on Saturday across the four forms. Form 6 is used for new enrolment, Form 6A for overseas electors, Form 7 for deletion-related requests and Form 8 for corrections or transfers. These figures represent applications processed for digitisation and do not by themselves indicate the final outcome of each case.
The review comes as the claims and objections stage approaches its October 31 deadline. The hearing-related data is expected to clarify the status of cases arising from unmapped records, discrepancies and notices before the final electoral roll is published on November 30. The election authorities’ next steps will depend on the scrutiny and disposal of these cases within the revision schedule.
