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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
NIRVACHAN SADAN, ASHOKA ROAD, NEW DELHI-110001
No. 37/LC/2024-ERS Dated: 25th July, 2024
To,
1. Chief Electoral Officer,
Andhra Pradesh,
Amravati.
2. Chief Electoral Officer,
Telangana,
Hyderabad.
Subject: Schedule for de-novo preparation of electoral rolls with reference to 01.11.2024 as
qualifying date in respect of certain Regular Vacancies in Graduates’ and Teacher’
constituencies of State Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana –
regarding.
Sir,
I am directed to state that certain regular vacancies in the State Legislative Council of
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are due in year 2024, which would be required to be filled by
conducting biennial elections, the details of which are as under:
Andhra Pradesh
[Link]. Name of Member Name of Constituency Date of Retirement
1. Illa Venkasteswara Rao East-West Godavari Graduates’
2. K S Lakshmanan Rao Krishna-Guntur Graduates’
29.03.2025
3. Pakalapati Raghu Varma Srikakulam-Vizianagaram-
Visakhapatnam Teachers’
Telangana
1. T. Jeevan Reddy Medak- Nizamabad- Adilabad-
Karimnagar Graduates’
2. Kuru Raghotham Reddy Medak- Nizamabad- Adilabad-
Karimnagar- Teachers’
3. Alugubelli Narsi Reddy Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda 29.03.2025
Teachers’
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2. The Commission has ordered de-novo preparation of electoral rolls of the above said
constituencies with reference to 01.11.2024 as qualifying date, so as to have a fresh electoral roll,
as per the following schedule: -
[Link]. Activities Period/Date
1. Issue of public notice under Rule 31(3) of the 30.09.2024 (Monday)
Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
2. First re-publication of notice in Newspapers under 16.10.2024 (Wednesday)
Rule 31(4) of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
3. Second re-publication of notice in Newspapers under 25.10.2024 (Friday)
Rule 31(4) of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
4. Last date of receipt of applications in Form 18 or 19, 06.11.2024 (Wednesday)
as the case may be.
5. Period for the preparation of manuscripts and printing 20.11.2024 (Wednesday)
of draft electoral rolls
6. Draft Publication of Electoral Rolls 23.11.2024 (Saturday)
7. Period for filing of claims and objections 23.11.2024 (Saturday) to
09.12.2024 (Monday)
8. Date by which the claims and objections shall be 25.12.2024 (Wednesday)
disposed of and supplements be prepared and printed
9. Final Publication of Electoral Rolls 30.12.2024 (Monday)
3. Accordingly, the electoral rolls of the above-mentioned Graduates’ and Teachers’
Constituencies shall be prepared afresh with reference to 01.11.2024 as qualifying date in
accordance with the prescribed schedule and after following due procedure and guidelines
contained in the Commission’s comprehensive instructions as circulated vide letter No.
37/LC/INST/ECI/FUNC/ERD/ER/2016, dated 5th September 2016.
3.1. Form-18 and 19 in respect of Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies have slightly been
modified vide notification dated 17th June, 2022 by M/o Law and Justice, Govt of India and the
same has been effective from 1st August 2022. It is made amply clear that submission of Aadhaar
number in the field provided in the Form-18 and 19 by the applicant is on voluntary basis, and
the applicant shall neither be insisted to provide the same nor his/her non-submission of the same
be ground of rejection of his/her application.
3.2 While handling Aadhaar number of the applicants, the provision under Section 37 of the
Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
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must be adhered to. In no circumstances it should go in public. If the electors’ information is
required to put for public display, the Aadhaar details must be removed or masked.
3.3 As for preservation of Form-18 and 19 in hard copy containing Aadhaar number, the
provisions of Regulation 14(1) (mb) of Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification)
Regulations, 2022 (No. 2 of 2021) shall be strictly followed which says that Aadhaar numbers
collected through physical forms or photocopies of Aadhaar letters shall be masked by the
requested entity by redacting the first 8 digits of the Aadhaar number before storing the physical
copies. Such collected Forms along with attachment, after digitization, shall be kept in safe
custody with double lock by EROs. Severe disciplinary action will be initiated against EROs for
any leakages of physical Forms in public domain.
4. All concerned officers/officials should be informed accordingly and directed to comply
the Commission’s instructions scrupulously.
5. Wide publicity shall be given to the schedule and political parties should be informed in
writing.
6. Kindly acknowledge the receipt.
Yours faithfully,
(PAWAN DIWAN)
SECRETARY
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