Notices in Delhi’s SIR have been explained by officials.
They relate to discrepancies in enumeration forms.
Prominent voters were flagged.
The Election Commission clarified one case.
A Supreme Court plea seeks transparency.
Most reports said the Supreme Court will hear the matter on September 22, while one Delhi listing gave September 21 as the date.
The Special Intensive Revision is an exercise in which the Election Commission re-verifies the electoral roll by having voters fill in enumeration forms.
Discrepancies typically flagged include mismatches in names, relatives’ details or addresses between the enumeration form and earlier records.
Voters who receive a notice are generally asked to submit supporting documents within a specified period to confirm their details.
The exercise has become politically contentious, with parties raising questions about how the notices were issued and to whom.
Voters can check their status through the Election Commission’s helpline and portal, and can approach their booth-level officer for assistance.
According to officials, about 33.13 lakh voters in Delhi are being issued notices over discrepancies in the details furnished in their enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
Another report put the number at 31.6 lakh, so the figure varies between accounts.
Prominent names flagged in the verification exercise include External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP veteran L K Advani.
Former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia were also reported among those who got notices.
The Election Commission later clarified the case of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, saying her electoral details had been verified.
The notices give voters an opportunity to verify their details and establish their eligibility.
Receiving a notice does not by itself mean that a person’s name will be removed from the electoral roll.
Election Commission of India voter helpline display (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
