Stories
ECI Clarifies Name Absence in Draft SIR Roll to Bombay High Court
N
News18•13-10-2026, 18:15
ECI Clarifies Name Absence in Draft SIR Roll to Bombay High Court
- •The Election Commission of India stated that a voter's name missing from the draft SIR roll does not imply it has been deleted.
- •ECI lawyer Ashutosh Kumbhakoni explained that a Special Intensive Revision is a fresh preparation of the electoral roll, unlike a Special Summary Revision.
- •The Bombay High Court bench reserved its verdict on a writ petition filed by a Goa resident whose family's names were missing from the roll.
- •The petitioner claimed his family members were left stranded after their Form 8 address change application was rejected shortly after the deadline.
Key Questions Answered
The Election Commission of India stated that the absence of a voter's name from the draft Special Intensive Revision roll does not automatically mean that their name has been permanently deleted, as the roll is being prepared afresh from the ground up.
An SIR is a comprehensive, de novo exercise where the electoral roll is rebuilt entirely through an intensive enumeration process, whereas a Special Summary Revision only updates an existing roll based on prescribed procedures.
The petition filed on behalf of Paresh Salgaonkar's family claimed that their names were omitted from the electoral roll during the SIR process after they encountered delays and rejections regarding their address-change applications using Form 8
