The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday (July 3, 2026) appointed 10 senior IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers to supervise the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 of electoral rolls in Odisha, with July 1, 2026 as the qualifying date.
The observers have been deployed to oversee the revision of electoral rolls across districts to ensure that the voter lists are updated in a transparent, inclusive and error-free manner.
According to the notification, Rajesh Prabhakar Patil will supervise Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Jajpur; Aravind Agrawal will oversee Balasore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj; Balwant Singh will monitor Kalahandi, Bolangir and Nuapada; B. Parameswaran has been assigned Subarnapur, Boudh and Kandhamal; while Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya will supervise Deogarh, Sambalpur and Bargarh.
Similarly, D. Prasantha Kumar Reddy will oversee Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada; Sudhansu Mohan Samal has been assigned Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Angul; Rashmita Panda will supervise Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh and Bhubaneswar; Mohammed Sadique Alam will monitor Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri; while Sangram Keshari Mohapatra has been assigned Keonjhar, Sundargarh and Jharsuguda.
Under the guidelines issued by the Additional Chief Electoral Officer and Special Secretary, each observer has been directed to visit the districts under their charge at least three times during the revision exercise. They will review the progress of the revision, inspect polling stations, interact with election officials, meet public representatives and recognised political parties, and hear public grievances related to inclusion, deletion and correction of names in the electoral rolls.
The observers will also examine constituencies reporting unusually high additions or deletions in the voter list and submit detailed inspection reports to the Chief Electoral Officer after completing their visits.
As per the schedule, the draft electoral rolls will be published on July 5, 2026, while claims and objections can be filed from July 5 to August 4, 2026. Eligible voters may apply for inclusion through Form 6, seek deletion through Form 7, and request corrections through Form 8.
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