A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the alleged failure of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer to publish the names of voters issued notices during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, along with the specific reasons for such notices.
The plea was mentioned before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday for urgent listing. Bhushan submitted that, besides 47 lakh electors excluded from the draft roll, notices had allegedly been issued to around 33 lakh voters under categories including “Logical Discrepancies” and “No Mapping”.
Filed by Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri through Advocate Prashant Bhushan, the petition demands the disclosure of the criteria, definitions, algorithmic parameters, and operational guidelines used to categorize voters under “Logical Discrepancies.” Bhushan alleged that the names of notice recipients were omitted from the Delhi CEO’s website and that the notices failed to clearly state why voters were summoned to appear before electoral authorities.
The CJI indicated that the matter would be taken up on Tuesday along with other SIR-related pleas.
Filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, the petition alleges violations of Articles 14, 19 and 21, as well as Articles 325 and 326. The petitioners seek publication of a consolidated, searchable list of all electors issued notices, along with their addresses and the specific reason or category for each notice.
They have also sought directions requiring the authorities to disclose the precise discrepancy and material facts relied upon in each case, and to refrain from deleting names from the electoral rolls on the basis of notices that do not provide sufficient particulars.
According to the petition, the draft electoral roll published on August 31 contained 97,53,577 electors who had submitted Enumeration Forms, while 47,56,722 electors were excluded under the categories of Absent, Shifted, Dead or Duplicate (ASDD).
A further 33,12,919 electors included in the draft roll were identified for notices on the grounds of “No Mapping” or “Logical Discrepancies”. Of these, 13,79,785 were categorised as having no mapping and 19,33,134 under logical discrepancies.
The petitioners contend that “Logical Discrepancies” has not been adequately defined and that the ECI’s May 14, 2026 communication does not prescribe clear parameters for placing an elector in that category. They further contend that the original SIR order did not provide for such a flagging or algorithmic process.
The plea also relies on the Supreme Court’s January 19, 2026 order in Mostari Banu v. Election Commission of India, concerning disclosure of voters identified under the logical-discrepancy category.
The petitioners allege that notices issued to voters contain generic references to discrepancies, including name mismatches or differences in the ages of relatives, without identifying the underlying records or providing sufficient particulars to enable the affected voters to respond effectively.
The Supreme Court is expected to consider the plea on Tuesday along with other matters concerning the Delhi SIR.
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