Gurgaon: Hearings under the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have found 12,754 electors ineligible, while about 1.3 lakh cases remain pending with the district election officer (DEO), according to official data reviewed on Oct 23. Badshapur has the most pending cases at 77,422, followed by Gurgaon (49,169), Pataudi (3,017) and Sohna (2,659).The review followed a videoconference in which Haryana chief electoral officer A Srinivasan assessed the statewide exercise. Deputy commissioner and DEO Uttam Singh then directed officials to complete scrutiny within the prescribed timeline and dispose of pending cases in accordance with Election Commission guidelines. The administration said claims and objections would be disposed of by Oct 28, ahead of the final electoral roll’s publication on Nov 6.Of the 4,75,477 notices generated, hearings have been held in 4,73,936 cases. Badshapur generated the most notices (1,83,831), followed by Gurgaon (1,51,669), Sohna (81,174) and Pataudi (58,803).“So far, 12,754 in Gurgaon district have been found ineligible during hearing and likely to be deleted from the voter list. Out of these, maximum 7,142 ineligible voters found in Gurgaon assembly constituency followed by 3,262 in Badshapur and 2,327 voters in Sohna assembly constituency; in Pataudi only 23 voters were found ineligible,” said an official.The district’s four assembly constituencies had a combined electorate of 15,55,034 as of May 31. The draft roll published on July 31 listed 11,01,955 electors, a reduction of 4,53,079, or around 29%.By constituency, Gurgaon fell from 4.5 lakh voters to 2.71 lakh after 1.78 lakh names were deleted. Badshapur dropped from 5.41 lakh to 3.66 lakh after 1.75 lakh deletions. Sohna fell from 3 lakh to 2.45 lakh after 57,908 deletions, and Pataudi from 2.59 lakh to 2.19 lakh after 40,303.The review agenda listed 7,73,373 cases as parked for final publication and another 3,15,828 as pending for parking. It also recorded 10,25,501 photographs uploaded during the exercise, of which 8,16,479 were approved by booth-level officers. Another 4,02,556 cases were pending at the electoral registration officer level.Between June 1 and Sept 30, the district received 40,563 Form 6 applications seeking inclusion in the roll, of which 20,583, more than half, remained pending. Badshapur had 13,604 pending out of 17,750 received, Gurgaon 4,105 out of 10,197, Sohna 1,566 out of 7,423 and Pataudi 1,308 out of 5,193.The district also received 4,55,257 Form 7 applications, used to raise objections to entries or seek deletion in permitted circumstances, of which 1,091 are pending. Gurgaon received 1,79,600 (339 pending), Badshapur 1,76,508 (580), Sohna 58,274 (69) and Pataudi 40,875 (103). Applications for deletion do not automatically result in names being removed; each must be examined under the prescribed procedure.Under Form 8, used for corrections and other permitted changes, 38,691 applications were received and 7,218 are pending: 4,140 in Gurgaon, 2,552 in Badshapur, 371 in Sohna and 155 in Pataudi.
