Swiftly Rectify Discrepancies In Electoral Rolls Of Shivajinagar, Shanthi Nagar Assembly Constituencies: Karnataka High Court Directs ECI
Live LawThe Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to act swiftly and conclude the exercise of correcting the electoral rolls in Shivaji Nagar and Shanthi Nagar constituencies in Bengaluru, by identifying voters who have expired and those who have shifted to other areas, by March 26. Bharatiya Janata Party had approached the High court seeking consideration of their representations submitted on 30-11-2022 and 23-01-2023 to the Commission for corrective measures to be taken in the electoral roll concerning Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency. Advocate S R Dodwad appearing for the commission informed the court that after receipt of the objections, on publication of the draft list, on the basis of the list given by the Block Level Agents, the Booth Level Officer has conducted inspection, an enquiry and drawn up a list of 11000 such names in the electoral roll who are either dead or have shifted residence. Thus it observed, “Therefore, it would suffice, if a direction is issued to the Commission to begin to act swiftly; beginning today and undertake the exercise that they have undertaken to perform supra and take the issue to its logical conclusion, as according to the Commission, what remains is action to be taken qua 8281 voters who have been already identified by the BLO’s as shifted voters and 1847 voters who are dead, whose names find place in the final electoral roll.” It directed: “The Commission is required to begin to act swiftly; beginning today and in view of the paucity of time and the impending urgency, the Commission shall conclude the aforesaid exercise on or before 26.03.2023, for which, the Commission is at liberty to regulate the procedure in compliance with the aforesaid direction.” Similar order was passed in the petition filed by M G Pradeep, a booth level agent of the party, highlighting discrepancy in the Shanti Nagar Constituency.
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