HYDERABAD, August 15, 2015
Election Commission instructions
‘Aadhaar seeding with EPIC stopped’
Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States Bhanwarlal on Friday stated that all activities relating to collection/feeding/seeding of Aadhaar number with Electronic Photo Identity Card (EPIC) or voter card has been stopped following the instruction from the Election Commission of India.
The instructions were issued in compliance with the Supreme Court order dated August 11. However, activity on purification of the voters’ list would continue with the issuance of notices in case of duplicate/shifted/ineligible voters and passing of the orders by the Electoral Registration Officers for deletion based on the explanation received from the voters, if any.
The voters’ list purification activity would be completed by August 31, Mr. Bhanwarlal stated.