Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India has revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana and extended the house-to-house enumeration deadline to August 3.
Previously, the house-to-house visits by Booth Level Officers were to be undertaken till July 24.
Rationalization/rearrangement of polling stations will be done by August 3, and the draft voter lists will be released on August 10.
Voters can file their objections from August 10 till September 9. All objections must be disposed by October 8 after which the final voter lists will be published on October 12.
Previous schedule
According to the previous schedule, the draft electoral roll should have been published on July 31.
The period for filing objections was scheduled from July 31 to August 30, and objections were to be disposed of by September 28. The final electoral roll was scheduled to be published on October 1.
Schedule revised for other states
The SIR schedule has also been revised for two other states and Delhi.
In a letter to the chief electoral officer of Delhi, Election Commission said the draft electoral rolls will now be published on August 17 instead of August 5.
Similarly, the house-to-house visits which were scheduled till July 29 will now continue till August 8.
Similarly, in Punjab, the house-to-house visits by booth level officers (BLOs) will continue till August 3.
Earlier, the house-to-house visits were to conclude on July 24. The draft electoral rolls in the state will now be published on August 13 in place of July 31. The final rolls will come out on October 12 in place of October 10.
In Karnataka, the house-to-house visits by the BLOs will continue till August 8 in place of July 29. Draft rolls in the state will be published on August 17 in place of August 5.
The final electoral rolls in the southern state were to be published on October 7 but according to the revised schedule, they will be published on October 19.
On Tuesday, July 14, EC extended the SIR schedule for Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
Delhi and the three states besides Haryana and Andhra Pradesh are part of Phase 3 of the SIR which was rolled out on May 14.
Once Phase 3 is completed, the entire country, except for Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, will be covered under the SIR rollout.
Due to a variety of reasons, the SIR in the previous phase has also seen frequent tweaking in schedules.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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