Chandigarh: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Punjab, extending the house-to-house enumeration phase and pushing the publication of the final electoral rolls to Oct 12.Chief electoral officer Anindita Mitra said the house-to-house enumeration and rationalisation of polling stations will now continue till Aug 3. The draft electoral rolls will be published on Aug 13, instead of Aug 3.The period for filing claims and objections has been rescheduled to Aug 13-Sept 12, while their disposal will continue till Oct 8. Under the earlier schedule, claims and objections were to be filed between Aug 3 and Sept 2, and disposed of by Sept 28.The final electoral rolls, earlier scheduled for publication on Oct 1, will now be published on Oct 12.
