SIR: 26.22 lakh cases pending in state, 88.1% disposed of

Ranchi: Around 1.94 crore (88.1%) of the cases generated during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have been disposed of, but 26,22,659 cases remain pending in three categories, chief electoral officer K Ravi Kumar said on Wednesday.Of the 2.21 crore cases under the no-mapping, logical discrepancy and other categories, 1.94 crore had been disposed of and updated on ECINET platform till Wednesday.The biggest backlog is in the logical discrepancy category, where 14,88,802 of the 45,49,961 cases remain pending despite a disposal rate of 67.28%. In no-mapping, 7,95,415 of the 14,04,033 cases are yet to be cleared, with disposal at 43.35%. The other category is close to completion, with 97.91% of cases disposed of and 3,38,442 pending.West Singhbhum emerged as the best-performing district in both notice-related categories, clearing 96.16% of no-mapping cases and 99.72% of logical discrepancy ones, Kumar said in a statement.Lohardaga, Deoghar, Ramgarh and Gumla were among the better-performing districts in no-mapping, while Lohardaga, Gumla, Ramgarh and Simdega led in disposal of logical discrepancy cases.Giridih recorded the lowest disposal rate in no-mapping cases at 19.52%, while Pakur was the worst performer in logical discrepancy at 45.88%. Sahibganj, Palamu and Ranchi also remained among the weaker-performing districts in both categories.At the assembly constituency level, Chakradharpur (ST) became the first constituency to complete work in all three categories. It also topped the combined ranking for no-mapping and logical discrepancy cases.Kumar congratulated the district election officer, electoral registration officers, assistant electoral registration officers, booth-level officers and the Chakradharpur team for almost completing disposal of the notices.He directed lagging districts to prepare special action plans, review pendency regularly and expedite hearings.“The exercise must ensure that the name of every eligible Indian citizen is included in the electoral roll while keeping ineligible or foreign citizens out,” Kumar said.The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on Nov 30.Kumar inspected the fifth BLO-BLA-2 meeting and Chunav Pathshala at eight polling stations in Ramgarh on Wednesday. He directed officials to expedite home-to-roll verification and digitisation of Form 6 work ahead of the Nov 30 deadline.Stay updated with the latest Ranchi news. Download the TOI App.