VASCO
Responding to reports regarding a notice issued to former chief of naval staff admiral Arun Prakash as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Dr Medora D'Costa, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) for Cortalim assembly constituency clarified that the enumeration form pertaining to Admiral Prakash did not contain the mandatory particulars.
In a clarification on Monday, Dr D’Costa stated that during the course of SIR, the Booth Level Officer (BLO) of Part No. 43 of Cortalim Assembly Constituency collected the Enumeration Form pertaining to Admiral Prakash.
“It was observed that the enumeration form did not contain the mandatory particulars relating to the previous SIR, including the name of the elector, EPIC number, name of the relative, name and number of the Assembly Constituency, part number, and serial number in the electoral roll,” said Dr D’Costa.
“In the absence of these essential identification details, the BLO Application was unable to establish an automatic linkage between the submitted Enumeration Form and the existing electoral roll database.”
“As all the fields pertaining to the last SIR were left blank, the system, categorised the Enumeration Form under the “unmapped” category. The BLO application is designed to automatically map Enumeration Forms only when the prescribed identification particulars are duly filled in, enabling verification with the existing electoral roll.”
The ERO stated that in cases where Enumeration Forms remain unmapped, the SIR process mandates further verification through a hearing mechanism.
“Accordingly, as per the standard, system-driven procedure, a hearing notice was automatically generated and issued to enable verification of the elector's details and ensure due opportunity for confirmation of eligibility,” Dr D’Costa added.
