JALANDHAR
Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal on Tuesday directed the patwaris and other concerned officials to work on a mission mode for the voter registration under SGPC elections.
After participating in a video conference, the Deputy Commissioner said that as the voter registration for SGPC elections is underway till February 29, the number of voters can be enhanced to a maximum number by actively working in the field.
He asked the officials to ensure that people do not face any kind of problem in submitting the forms.
He said that patwaris must reach all the villages/mohallas so that no eligible person should left behind from the registration process.
Besides that, the Deputy commissioner also said that SDMs and other senior officers must supervise this exercise regularly so that voter registration can be encouraged.
Sarangal said that prospective voters could submit the form to register themselves as voters with patwaris in the rural areas and the employees of the municipal council or local authorities in the urban areas, who have been nominated by the revising authority of the concerned area, pass the can do.
He said that this form was also available on the district administration’s website www.jalandhar.nic.in.
He also appealed the people to download the forms from website so that they would be able to submit to their patwaris in given time frame .
The Deputy Commissioner said under SGPC election process, the preparation and printing of voter lists will be carried out from March 1, 2024, to March 20, 2024. He said that on March 21, 2024, the preliminary e-roll will be published and the last date for receipt of claims and objections will be April 11, 2024.
The final publication of the voters’ list will be May 3, 2024.
It may be mentioned here that the person had to be a Keshdhari Sikh. Those who trim or shave a beard, smoke, or drink alcohol cannot register themselves as a voter.
Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included ADC Jasbir Singh and others.