By ENS
Published: 26th March 2015 10:38 PM
CHENNAI: As many as 64,099 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) across the State have started making door to door visits for collecting Aadhaar details, contact information and other particulars about voters as part of the “National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP),” launched on March 3, for an error-free authenticated electoral rolls. This exercise would continue till April 6.
Chief Electoral Officer Sandeep Saxena kickstarts this at Mylapore Taluk Office here today (March 27). An official release from the CEO said special camps would be conducted at all polling station locations on April 12 and 26 and May 10 and 24 (all Sundays).
To monitor NERPAP implementation, as per the directions of the Election Commission, 10 IAS officers have been appointed as Special Observers for the all districts in the State.
From April 13, special hearings would be held at the offices of the Electoral Registration Officers/Assistant Electoral Registration Officers at least twice a week up to May 31, in the afternoon. Voters who had not submitted their claims and objections during BLO visits and special camps could submit forms for inclusion/deletion/correction/transposition during the special hearing.
To have wider penetration of correction, it has been decided, to offer services through authorised Internet Browsing Centres and Common Service Centres (CSCs). Voters could avail them by paying the fixed nominal charge.
Rs.10 is the fee for each of the following services: Addition of name (Form 6), Deletion of name (Form 7), Modification of name/other details (Form 8) and Transposition of name (Form 8A). Other services: printing of Electoral roll Rs.3 Per Page), search Services Name in Electoral Roll, Name of Polling Station, Status of Application, Status of Grievance etc. - Rs.2), print out, if required, on result of Search Services (Rs.2) and Registration of complaint (Rs.10).
While applying for any of the above services, the Aadhar No. and Contact details would also be seeded through the CSCs. In cases where Aadhar is not allotted, the Enrolment Identity No (EID) issued at the time of enrolment for Aadhar may also be seeded. The applicant would be informed of his/her submission of application through SMS/e-mail, and he/she given a receipt by the CSCs carrying the application number.
Application status could be tracked on the website viz:www.elections.tn.gov.in. Further, SMS alert would also be given to the applicants as and when orders are passed by AROs and EROs.
Moreover, voters could voluntarily furnish information through: the National Voters Service Portal (NVSP) using web services of Election Commission website, by SMS to “51969” - ECILINKEPICNOAAdhaar no, by E-mail: tnvoteraadhaar@gmail.com, by Mobile application, by Making a call to toll free nos.- ‘1950’, ‘1077’ and by submitting details in a hard copy, with photocopies of both EPIC and Aadhaar letter/card, attached to it