Notices to 80,140 voters in Nandyal district over discrepancies in draft roll
The district administration is preparing to take up claims and objections on the draft voter list published on July 31 and hold inquiries into them
The district administration is preparing to take up claims and objections on the draft voter list published on July 31 and hold inquiries into them. District Collector Rajakumari Ganiya said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began with 14,05,443 voters in the district, of whom 12,25,937, or 87.23%, were identified as genuine voters. The rest were placed in five categories: absent, permanently shifted, dead, duplicate entries, and those not interested in registration.
As objections are likely on voters placed in these categories, the Collector asked officials to examine every objection, issue notices and hold an inquiry on receiving them. Officials were asked to receive Forms 6, 6A, 7 and 8 as submitted, and scrutinise them as per the rules. Among the 12,25,937 genuine voters, 74,073 were found to have logical discrepancies in their data and another 6,067 had mapping pending.
Notices should be issued to these 80,140 voters and inquiries held, the Collector said. Officials said 5,182 claims had been received for the Nandyal constituency, 3,051 for Banaganapalle and 3,105 for Dhone, and that the number of claims and objections was expected to rise. As the final electoral roll is to be published on October 3 under the SIR schedule, work on notices, claims, objections and discrepancies should be completed by September 10 rather than left until September 28, officials were told.
Rajakumari Ganiya said the rules must be followed strictly in issuing notices to the 80,140 voters, and that each notice must specify the date and time for the voter to appear for the inquiry. The hearing date should be at least seven days after the notice is served.
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