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District officials will be held responsible in any discrepancy in the voter list: UP CEO

Lucknow, Oct 26 (UNI) After repeated complaints by the Samajwadi Party and Congress and detection of viters anomolies in Pilibhit, Azamgarh and other places, the Election Commission of India ( ECI) has issued stern warning to the District officials.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer ( CEO) Navdeep Rinwa in a strict instructions to the official to thoroughly study Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, regarding violations of duties by officials involved in the preparation of the voter list.
CEO said ," Ensure that the errors found in the investigation of complaints received from various political parties and through social media regarding the voter list are not repeated. Besides all officials were instructed not to share their ERONET login ID and password with anyone."
The CEO during his meeting with the Divisional Commissioner and District Magistrates, virtually on Sunday evening, strictly said," Forms 6, 7, and 8 submitted by computer assistants from the expiry date of the SIR (April 10, 2026) must be verified to prevent a recurrence of a Pilibhit incident. If such cases come to light, the Electoral Registration Officer, Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, and Computer Assistant will be held responsible and action will be taken under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950".
" Additionally, responsibility will be assigned based on the District Election Officer's lax supervision. Divisional Commissioners are assigned the role of Roll Observers, and therefore, they are responsible for ensuring close supervision of voter list work in the districts within their division. Any laxity in this work will result in action against the concerned officer," he warned.
He also instructed the high officials not to assign a computer assistant the task of feeding application forms received physically. It should also be ensured that all forms received physically are digitized by the Booth Level Officer through the BLO app.
Earlier the ECI had taken action against 5 BLOs and a computer assistant in Pilibhit over lapses in the enrolment of names in the voter list.
The CEO said the ERO should review all pending Forms 6, 7, and 8 daily and ensure their prompt and proper disposal. Ensure that all forms received physically are kept safe.
All officers present were trained on ECINET through a presentation, which detailed the information available on the dashboard and the procedures to be followed by the District Election Officer, Electoral Registration Officer, and Assistant Electoral Registration Officer.
The CEO expressed dissatisfaction regarding the District Election Officers of Bulandshahr, Sitapur, Ghaziabad, and Aligarh for not submitting timely reports regarding complaints related to duplicate voters circulated on social media, and instructions were given to submit reports promptly.
While reviewing the complaints received through NGSP (National Grievance Service Portal), PGRS (Public Grievance Redressal System), Social Media and other mediums related to the electoral roll, it was directed that the ERO should ensure timely and quality disposal of the complaints received through all the mediums from April 10 till now.
Instructions have been issued to remove all duplicate entries present in the voter list in time. There should be no duplicate entries in the draft voter list to be published in the upcoming SSR. All steps should be taken in time for this.
Meanwhile, people participated enthusiastically in the special campaign days being conducted in Uttar Pradesh to include the names of eligible citizens left out in the voter list. Women and youth were especially encouraged to register during the campaign.
During the special campaign days held across the state, 1,37,225 applications (Form-6) for inclusion in the voter list were received on October 17 and 4,21,953 on October 24. Thus, a total of 5,59,178 citizens applied to become voters on both campaign days.
The Chief Electoral Officer commended the efforts of the District Election Officers of Hathras, Ghazipur, Sambhal, Kaushambi, Mathura, Amethi, and Barabanki for effectively organizing the camp days.
He also directed the District Election Officers of Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Prayagraj, Hamirpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Amroha, Meerut, and Gautam Buddha Nagar districts to work harder in this direction.
He also directed all other District Election Officers to conduct upcoming campaigns effectively and register as many eligible citizens as possible as voters.
The Chief Electoral Officer has directed all District Election Officers to ensure prompt and legal disposal of voter registration applications. Ensure that no eligible citizen is deprived of enrolling in the electoral rolls. To achieve this, public awareness activities should be continuously and effectively conducted.
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