Shyam Sood
Rajouri, November 9: Electoral Roll Observer on Wednesday chaired a meeting here at Rajouri to review progress on Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls with reference to October 1, 2022, as the qualifying date.
Commissioner Secretary, Forest, Ecology, and Environment, Sanjeev Verma has been appointed as Electoral Roll Observer for Rajouri & other districts.
Electoral Roll Observer was informed that Rajouri district has five Assembly Constituencies with 644 polling stations spread across 540 locations.
It was also informed that there are 4, 19,656 electors in the district as per draft E-Roll 2022 while the total projected population of the district is 8,31,953.
While taking note of the special summary revision of electoral rolls-2022, the meeting was informed that out of 68974 forms No.0 6 received, 68645 stands punched and 36583 have been disposed off in the district.
Similarly, progress on form number 06 (18-19 age group), form number 06 (19 and above) form number 07, form number 08, and form number 06B, were also reviewed in detail. The meeting was also informed that a multi-layered checking by the District Election Officer (DEO) and Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) is being done in the district to verify the correctness of the Electoral Rolls.
While taking stock of field visits by the booth level Officers for ascertaining corrections in the forms, the Electoral Roll Observer was apprised that the corrections are being done on the basis of field visits of Booth level Officers.
A threadbare discussion on other parameters was also held during the meeting.
Electoral Roll Observer, Sanjeev Verma, instructed the Election authorities in the district to conduct revision strictly in accordance with the Election Commission of India guidelines and schedule and complete the process within the given timeline.
Sanjeev Verma exhorted the DEO to take extra care while making the addition of new voters/left out voters and deletion of duplicate voters to avoid errors and completion of the process before the due date, and directed the Booth Level Officers to ensure field visits for any corrections in the Electoral Rolls.
