Ranchi, Nov 12 The Election Commission in Jharkhand has completed SIR hearings in nearly 80 per cent of cases where notices were issued to voters for ‘logical discrepancy’, an official said on Thursday.
Hearings have also been completed in 56.4 per cent of cases in the ‘no mapping’ category and 98.67 per cent of those classified as ‘others’, he said.
West Singhbhum emerged as the best-performing district in disposing of ‘no mapping’ and ‘logical discrepancy’ cases, recording disposal rates of 97.99 per cent and 100 per cent, respectively, he added.
According to data released by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), 7.91 lakh of the 14.04 lakh cases in the ‘no mapping’ category have been resolved.
In the ‘logical discrepancy’ category, 36.23 lakh of the 45.49 lakh cases have been disposed of.
In the ‘others’ category, 1.59 crore of the 1.61 crore cases have been resolved, the data showed.
Sahibganj, Palamu and Jamtara were the worst-performing districts in disposing of ‘no mapping’ cases, with disposal rates of 35.26 per cent, 36.05 per cent and 37.81 per cent, respectively.
In the ‘logical discrepancy’ category, Palamu recorded a disposal rate of 61.45 per cent, followed by Sahibganj at 63.47 per cent and Pakur at 64.96 per cent, placing them among the bottom three districts.
Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar stressed the need to expedite the disposal of pending cases and directed districts reporting slower progress to prioritise them and ensure their resolution within the stipulated timeframe.
The disposal of claims and objections under the SIR exercise is underway in Jharkhand, with November 23 set as the deadline. The Election Commission is scheduled to publish the final electoral rolls on November 30.
The EC had published the draft electoral rolls on August 5, removing 43.61 lakh names.
Jharkhand had 2.64 crore electors before the revision exercise. The draft rolls contain 2.21 crore voters, including 1.08 crore women and 260 third-gender electors.
Meanwhile, Kumar met representatives of recognised political parties to review the SIR exercise.
He said an ‘Ek Aur Avsar’ (One More Opportunity) camp would be organised at all polling stations across the state on November 18 to give eligible citizens another chance to get their names included in the electoral rolls.
“The Election Commission is re-publishing the ASDD (Absent, Shifted, Dead or Duplicate) list at all polling stations. Eligible citizens whose names figure in the list can submit Form 6 or an enumeration form by following the prescribed procedure,” he said.
Kumar said the final meeting between Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and Booth Level Agent-2 (BLA-2) will be held on November 18, appealing to political parties to ensure the participation of their representatives.
(PTI News)
