Mysore/Mysuru: Hinting at conducting the Gram Panchayat (GP) elections in October, the State Election Commission has directed all the district administrations in the State to revise the electoral rolls. 

Due to the  outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown that ensued, the Election Commission in March had ordered postponement of GP elections and stalling of electoral rolls revision. As a petition was filed in the Court questioning the postponement of polls, the hearing on which is due to come shortly, some Deputy Commissioners had expressed the opinion that the elections can be held in October. 

Now, the State Election Commission has announced  a fresh  time-table for GP electoral rolls revision, which is as follows:

July 13 to 18: Identification of voters in all GP limits. July 20 to 29: Door-to-door visit in GP limits for verification of the presence of voters. 

July 30 to Aug. 5: Checking out the print copy of the electoral rolls and physical verification of the voter list. Aug. 6: Getting the electoral rolls corrected for any discrepancies. Aug.7: Publication of the draft list of voters at the respective GP offices, along with inviting objections till Aug.14. Aug.24: Deadline for redressal of all objections received. Aug.30: Printing of the final electoral rolls. Aug.31: Publication of the final  GP electoral rolls.