The Delhi High Court has said that a voter’s apprehension of being accused of making a false declaration by submitting Form 6 to restore his name to the electoral roll after being excluded during the special intensive revision was “misplaced” since the direction to do so had come from the Election Commission, Bar and Bench reported on Monday. Form 6 is meant for first-time voter registration.
The court made the observation while closing a petition filed by two persons whose names were deleted from the draft electoral roll in Delhi after they could not complete the SIR enumeration process following a change of residence.
The petitioners had challenged the poll panel’s direction requiring existing electors who were left out during the SIR to seek fresh inclusion through Form 6, rather than use Form 8 to correct or shift their existing electoral entries.
Form 8 is meant for shifting residence and correcting details in an existing electoral roll.
They sought to have their names restored to the electoral roll and moved to the constituency where they now lived.
The poll panel told the court that the petitioners could seek the restoration of their names by submitting Form 6.
However, the petitioners submitted that furnishing Form 6 would amount to making a false declaration.
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