The Election Fee has filed a contemporary affidavit within the Supreme Court docket regarding the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, which is headed for polls this 12 months.
No eligible voter in Bihar might be faraway from the electoral rolls revealed on August 1, with out prior discover to the person, a chance to be heard, and a reasoned order, the Election Fee of India (EC) advised the Supreme Court docket.
In a contemporary affidavit filed within the prime courtroom on Saturday relating to the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, the physique assured that each one efforts are being made to incorporate each eligible voter within the ultimate checklist, with “strict directions” issued to forestall wrongful deletions throughout the ongoing SIR.
The affidavit comes after the Affiliation for Democratic Reforms (ADR) alleged wrongful exclusion of 65 eligible voters. On August 6, the Supreme Court docket had directed the ballot physique to submit its response, with the matter scheduled for listening to on August 13.
‘No deletion of any elector’s identify with out discover’
“As a matter of coverage and in strict adherence to the ideas of pure justice, no deletion of any elector’s identify from the draft electoral roll, revealed on 1st August 2025, shall be undertaken with out: (i) issuance of a previous discover to the involved elector indicating the proposed deletion and the grounds thereof, (ii) affording an inexpensive alternative of being heard and furnishing related paperwork, and (iii) passing of a reasoned and talking order by the competent authority,” the Election Fee stated in its affidavit.
“These safeguards are additional bolstered by a sturdy two-tier attraction mechanism prescribed underneath the related guidelines, thereby making certain that each elector has ample recourse towards any hostile motion,” it added.
The Election Fee additional submitted that it’s taking all attainable measures to make sure that no eligible elector is excluded from the electoral roll. “Even in circumstances during which any susceptible elector doesn’t presently possess any paperwork, he/she could be facilitated within the means of acquiring such paperwork,” the Fee stated, including that, “Out of seven.89 crore electors, over 7.24 crore submitted their enumeration kinds.”
EC shared the checklist of those that didn’t submit kinds with BLAs
It additional stated that, to facilitate thorough scrutiny of the draft roll from August 1 to September 1, printed and digital copies have been supplied to political events, together with a web-based facility for most of the people.
The Fee additional said that it shared the checklist of electors whose enumeration kinds had not been obtained throughout the SIR with Sales space Stage Brokers (BLAs) of recognised political events even earlier than publishing the draft roll.
“The Fee, in an effort to make sure inclusion of each eligible elector whose enumeration kinds had not been obtained, brought about the checklist of such electors be shared with Sales space Stage Brokers of the recognised political events by twentieth July 2025 itself…in order that, in circumstances the place such entries required reconsideration, applicable corrective motion might be taken and the names included within the draft roll,” it stated within the affidavit.
“Subsequently, upon noting the proactive efforts of the political events, up to date lists had been once more shared with their representatives for additional follow-up,” it added.
The fee identified that it had issued an in depth press be aware dated 27.07.2025, putting within the public area the progress of the SIR. “To make sure that no eligible elector in Bihar is left behind, consciousness campaigns by SMS, conferences, and repeated BLO visits had been performed, with provision for any BLA to submit as much as 50 enumeration kinds per day” and “to make sure that no short-term migrant from Bihar is excluded, commercials in Hindi had been issued in 246 newspapers and the CEOs of all States/UTs, had been requested for facilitating submitting of kinds from exterior the state by each on-line and bodily means,” it stated.
Purposes are accepted for younger electors
The ballot physique identified that particular city camps had been organised in all 261 city native our bodies and to enrol all younger electors qualifying age on or earlier than October 1. It added that advance functions are being accepted, with particular campaigns deliberate throughout the claims and objections interval.
Whereas a number of petitions have been filed within the Supreme Court docket difficult the voter checklist revision in Bihar, the Election Fee has defended the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) as a routine and important course of to take care of the integrity of electoral rolls by eradicating names of deceased, duplicate, or completely shifted voters.
The train comes forward of the 2025 Bihar Legislative Meeting elections for all 243 constituencies, that are prone to be held in October or November this 12 months.
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