Overview
- Petitions by TVK, DMK, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan and CPI(M) MLA K. Selvaperunthagai seek to quash the Election Commission’s October 27 notification launching a Special Intensive Revision in Tamil Nadu.
- Filings say the SIR departs from the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 by replacing Booth Level Officers’ home verification with form-based processes, allegedly violating ROPA provisions and safeguards under Rule 21A.
- Petitioners warn that new citizenship checks and heavy documentation demands could spur large-scale deletions, disproportionately affecting Dalits, Adivasis, migrant workers, married women, the working class and disabled voters.
- The petitions argue a Special Summary Revision was completed with rolls published on January 6, 2025 and continuously maintained, asserting the Commission has offered no justification for a fresh statewide overhaul.
- AIADMK has filed in support of the SIR as a measure to protect electoral integrity, while similar challenges to the exercise have been lodged in Kerala, West Bengal and Puducherry.