New Delhi: The Election Commission has approved a one-month extension for the deadline for lodging claims and objections against the Uttar Pradesh draft bill announced on January 6 as part of the second phase of extraordinarily intensive revision of the electoral list. The state’s final electoral roll will now be published on April 10 instead of March 6. This is the third extension of the UP SIR deadline. On December 11 last year, EC postponed the release of the state’s draft roster from December 26 to December 31. That deadline was later extended to January 6, while allowing claims and objections to be accepted from January 6 to February 6. The EC, in a notification on Thursday, said it considered the UP Chief Electoral Officer’s request for extension and decided to give time till March 6 for filing claims and objections “taking into account other relevant factors”. The earlier deadline was February 6.UP SIR: Claim processing and objections will continue until March 27As per the latest schedule, the duration of notification phase, decision on enumeration forms and disposal of claims and objections filed in UP will continue till March 27. An examination of roster health parameters will be completed on April 3, followed by the final release of the roster on April 10. The previous timeline allowed claims and objections to be filed in the state until February 6 and allowed notice periods and processing of claims and objections until February 27. It was originally scheduled to finally announce the roster on March 6.
