SIR: First-Notice case hearings to be completed by end of September, says DC Laxmi Priya K
Coastal Talk News | Karwar
The hearings of cases relating to voters who could not be mapped or have logical discrepancies in the electoral roll will be completed by the end of September as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026, said Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner Laxmi Priya K. She was speaking at a meeting with representatives of political parties held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Tuesday.
Laxmi Priya said that a total of 65,248 cases involving unmapped voters and logical discrepancies had been identified in the district. Of these, 64,749 notices have already been served with notices, and hearings have been completed in 39,804 cases. A total of 24,945 cases remain pending, and the hearings in these cases will be completed by the end of September, she said. She further said that 85 cases involving deceased persons or duplicate registrations had been detected during the process.
Constituency-wise, hearings have been completed in 8,907 of 14,012 notices in Haliyal, 5,881 of 10,446 in Karwar, 4,984 of 8,344 in Kumta, 6,889 of 13,660 in Bhatkal, 5,428 of 8,821 in Sirsi, and 7,715 of 9,965 in Yellapur, Deputy Commissioner said. As per the directions of the Election Commission, September 23 is the last date for filing claims and objections, while the final electoral roll will be published on October 27, she said.
During the special voter awareness campaign held on September 19 and 20, a total of 2,613 applications for fresh inclusion in the electoral roll, 89 applications for objections, and 1,395 applications for corrections were received, DC Laxmi Priya said.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Sajid Mulla, BJP district vice-president Sanjay Salunke, JD(S) president Suraj Naik Soni, Congress taluk vice-president Babu Sheikh, Block president Aravind Kalagutkar, and Tahsildar (Election Wing) Pramod Naik were present at the meeting.
