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Disparity in Form Disposals During Delhi’s Special Intensive Revision
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Core Event: Unequal Processing of Inclusion and Deletion Requests
During the claims-and-objections phase of Delhi’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the weekly constituency-wise forms disposal report released by the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashok Kumar’s office recorded the disposal of 569 Form 6 applications (requests for inclusion) and 3,209 Form 7 applications (objections or deletions) between August 31 and October 4. This yields a ratio of roughly one Form 6 disposal for every six Form 7 disposals.
Context of the SIR Process
Form 6 allows any Indian citizen aged 18 or older to seek addition of their name to the draft roll, either as a first-time voter or if omitted from the roll published on August 31. Form 7 enables an elector to object to or request deletion of another’s name. Once an objection is filed, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) must serve a notice and attempt verification; for Form 6, a BLO also conducts physical verification before a decision is made. The rules provide a seven-day window to assign a BLO but no set deadline for disposing of Form 6 applications, a point noted by an unnamed official.
Statistics Highlighting the Imbalance
- Disposals (Aug 31 – Oct 4): 569 Form 6 vs. 3,209 Form 7.
- Recent activity: Over two-thirds of Form 7 disposals (2,352) occurred in the final two weeks of the period, while no Form 6 was disposed of in the last week.
- Cumulative submissions before the period (June 16 – Aug 30): 2.12 lakh Form 6 and 51,747 Form 7 applications.
- Overall filings since the start of the claims-and-objections phase: 1.94 lakh inclusion requests and 5,431 deletion requests.
Official Response and Upcoming Enrollment Efforts
The CEO’s office acknowledged the lower disposal rate for Form 6 and indicated that it is organizing special enrollment camps to address the backlog. A camp for all polling-station locations is scheduled for October 11, and additional camps targeting young voters will be held at colleges, universities and other educational institutions on October 7 and another day. No further comment was received from the CEO’s office before publication.
Upcoming Deadlines and Publication Timeline
- Claims-and-objections period ends: October 30 (scheduled).
- Completion of disposals and notices required by: November 30 (scheduled).
- Final electoral roll to be published: December 4 (scheduled).
These figures illustrate a pronounced skew toward processing deletion objections while inclusion requests lag, raising concerns about the accessibility of voter registration during Delhi’s intensive roll-revision exercise.