Ranchi, Nov 12 (PTI) Jharkhand has completed hearings in 56.4 per cent of ‘no mapping’, 79.63 per cent of ‘logical discrepancy’ and 98.67 per cent of ‘others’ category cases under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, an official said on Thursday.
West Singhbhum district emerged as the top performer in disposing of cases related to ‘no mapping’ and ‘logical discrepancies,’ achieving 97.99 per cent and 100 per cent, respectively, he said.
According to data released by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), a total of 7,91,959 cases out of 14,04,033 in the ‘no mapping’ category have been resolved. In the ‘logical discrepancy’ category, 36,23,189 of the 45,49,961 cases have been addressed.
In the ‘others’ category, 1,59,50,081 cases out of a total of 1,61,65,853 have been resolved, the data showed.
Sahibganj, Palamu and Jamtara were the three worst-performing districts in disposing of ‘no mapping’ cases, with disposal rates of 35.26 per cent, 36.05 per cent and 37.81 per cent, respectively.
In the ‘logical discrepancy’ category, Palamu recorded a disposal rate of 61.45 per cent, Sahibganj 63.47 per cent and Pakur 64.96 per cent, placing them among the bottom three districts, the data showed.
Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar stressed the need to expedite the disposal of pending cases across all districts.
He directed districts reporting slower progress to prioritise pending cases and ensure their resolution within the stipulated timeframe.
The disposal of claims and objections under the SIR of electoral rolls is currently underway in Jharkhand, with November 23 set as the deadline for the exercise.
The Election Commission is scheduled to publish the final electoral rolls on November 30.
The EC had published the draft electoral rolls on August 5, deleting 43.61 lakh names. Jharkhand had 2.64 crore electors before the revision exercise.
The draft rolls contain 2.21 crore voters, including 1.08 crore women and 260 third-gender electors. PTI SAN RBT
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