Ranchi: Jharkhand has entered the most demanding phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with 882 election officials racing to dispose of nearly 11.8 lakh claims and objections before the Oct 14 deadline set by the Election Commission (EC).The bulletin on SIR issued by the CEO office revealed that 11,79,761 applications have been received under Forms 6, 6A, 7, and 8 by Sept 30. If all remain pending, officials would need to dispose of an average of 84,269 applications a day over the 14-day window, ending Oct 14.Chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar on Thursday said, “A total of 882 ERO and AERO officers have been deployed for the exercise.” The bulletin does not specify how many applications has been disposed of by Oct 1.The Sept 30 deadline witnessed a last-minute surge, with 59,666 applications filed on a single day, including 34,820 Form-6 applications for fresh enrolment and 24,106 Form-8 applications for corrections. The final-day tally also included 739 Form-7 deletion requests and one Form-6A application.Fresh enrolments account for the bulk of the workload at 6,92,597 applications, followed by 4,73,609 Form-8 correction requests. Form-7 applications number 13,443, while 112 applications were received from overseas electors under Form 6A.The pressure is uneven across districts. Ranchi recorded the highest final-day intake at 7,662 Form-6 and Form-8 applications, followed by Giridih (5,905), Dhanbad (4,099), East Singhbhum (3,455), and Hazaribag (3,213).Within Ranchi district, Hatia (2,112), Kanke (1,641), and Khijri (1,272) accounted for the highest volume of final-day applications. The final electoral roll is scheduled for publication on Oct 19.CEO Kumar reiterated that under SIR-2026, voters who have received notices generally do not need to visit the ERO office for hearing. In cases of no mapping or logical discrepancies, BLOs will go door to door, collect required documents from voters in light of the notices, and upload them on ECINET, enabling the ERO to decide as per rules based on available facts and documents.Many voters have submitted documents, while some voters registered in the 2024 electoral roll and who filled enumeration forms could not complete the hearing process. Such voters should be identified through special outreach programmes and camps, he added.If any voter voluntarily reaches the ERO office or designated hearing venue, the officer concerned must be available. Special attention must be given to PVTG, Divyangjan, tribal groups, elderly voters, workers, the poor, the homeless, and voters whose parents’ details are unavailable. Voters may call 1950 for assistance, the state CEO stated.
