Thu, 5 Nov, 2026, 06:35 pm
Reported by Mid-Day
Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer CEO S Chockalingam has directed election officials to ensure that all pending applications relating to claims and objections against entries in the draft electoral rolls are disposed of within the stipulated time an official statement said on ThursdayHe issued the instructions during a review meeting on the Special Intensive Revision SIR of electoral rolls 2026 in Mumbai held at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC headquarters on November 5Chockalingam stressed that officials must handle every application carefully and transparently ensuring that no application remains pendingOfficials told to avoid rushed processingAddressing the meeting Chockalingam said claims and objections must be examined with utmost care and vigilanceHe asked officials to make effective use of the extension granted by the Election Commission of India and ensure that the revision process was completed properlyHe also cautioned against rushing through the work merely to meet deadlines emphasising that the process must be carried out transparently and with due diligenceAshwini Bhide attends review meetingThe meeting was attended by Mumbai District Election Officer and BMC Commissioner Ashwini Bhide along with senior civic and election officialsOther officials present included Additional District Election Officers and Additional Municipal Commissioners Prajakta VermaLavangare Vipin Sharma Abhijit Bangar and Avinash DhakaneKonkan Division Electoral Roll Observer Kiran Kulkarni and Maharashtra Joint Chief Electoral Officer Manohar Parkar also attended the meeting along with officials from the BMCs assessment and collection department and Electoral Registration Officers EROsThe review focused on the implementation of the SIR 2026 programme for electoral rolls in MumbaiDeadline for voter lists extendedMeanwhile last week the BMC announced the extension in the deadline for publishing polling stationwise voter lists for the upcoming BMC Elections 2026 officials saidAs per the revised schedule issued by the Maharashtra State Election Commission polling stationwise voter lists can now be published up to Saturday January 3 2026 they saidThe State Election Commission released the updated programme on December 26 2025 Earlier the deadline to publish polling stationwise voter lists was fixed as December 27 2025 This has now been extended by one week to allow more time for completion and verification an official statement saidDeadline for duplicate voters and control chartsAccording to the instructions given to all municipal corporations in the state the following deadlines have been fixedDecember 27 2025 Publication of duplicate voter lists Polling stationwise voter list control charts on the official websiteJanuary 3 2026 Final publication of polling stationwise voter lists
