Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls-2023

PULWAMA: As the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of Electoral Rolls-2023 in Jammu and Kashmir, a review meeting of District Election Authority was held under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Pulwama, Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary, who is also District Election Officer (DEO) here on Wednesday at Meeting Hall of the DC Office Complex.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Awantipora, Zaffar Ahmad Shawl, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Pulwama Aijaz Ahmad Shah, Assistant Commissioner Development Pulwama, Deputy District Election Officer, all Electoral Registration Officers(EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers(AEROs), Election Naib Tehsildar Pulwama, other concerned were present in the meeting.
At the outset, the DEO took a detailed review of the action plan for smooth and successful conduct of the Special Summary Revision (SSR) of Electoral Rolls-2023 to register all eligible electorates in all 04 Assembly segments of the Pulwama District.
It was given out that April 01, 2023 is the qualifying date for Special Summary Revision (SSR)–2023 which is commencing from April 05 with the publication of Draft Electoral Rolls and shall culminate on May 10, 2023 with the Publication of Final Electoral Rolls.
Giving activity wise details, the meeting was also informed that date of Publication of Integrated Draft Electoral Rolls of all Assembly Constituencies of Pulwama is 05-04-2023, while period of filing claims and objections for Additions, Deletions, Corrections and Transpositions is from 05-04-2023 to 20-04-2023.
It was also informed that 2 Special Camps for Electoral Registration will be organised at all Polling Stations of the District on April 9, 2023(Sunday) and April 15, 2023 (Saturday), to have focused outreach to enroll all eligible electors and concerned Booth Level Officers (BLOs) shall remain available at respective booths with requisite Forms and Draft Electoral Rolls for the assistance of the Electors. It was also given that the Disposal of Claims and Objections shall be made by April 28, 2023 (Friday). Similarly, checking of health parameters and obtaining Commission’s permission for final publication/Updating database and printing of supplements is May 04, 2023.
Speaking on the occasion, the DEO emphasized on conducting extensive SVEEP awareness programmes in all the 04 Assembly Constituencies of the District to maximise registration of all eligible electorates.
The DEO directed the officers to conduct revision strictly in accordance with the ECI guidelines as per schedule and complete the process within the given timeline. He exhorted upon the concerned officers to take extra care while making the addition of new voters, left out voters, deletion of absent/shifted/deceased electors and modification in the particulars of already registered voters to improve the health of Electoral Rolls and making it error free.

KR Desk