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title: "John Brittas Flags Legal Issues Over Different Online and Offline Versions of Form 6"
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# John Brittas Flags Legal Issues Over Different Online and Offline Versions of Form 6

> **Lead Summary:** **New Delhi: **CPI of electoral rolls. He had written to the Election Commission on July 17, seeking withdrawal of the change, which he said had been introduced without an amendment by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice and an official notification.

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**New Delhi: **CPI of electoral rolls. He had written to the Election Commission on July 17, seeking withdrawal of the change, which he said had been introduced without an amendment by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice and an official notification.

Brittas had pointed out that the statutory Form 6 could not be modified merely through instructions issued by the Election Commission. He also argued that having different requirements for submitting Form 6 online and offline amounted to denial of equal treatment.

According to the change in the online form, applicants are required to state whether their own name, or the name of their parent, grandfather or grandmother, appeared in an earlier SIR. If applicable, they must also provide details such as the Assembly constituency, booth number and serial number.

Form 6 is a statutory form under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. Brittas had argued that any change to the form should be made by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice through an amendment and an official notification. He noted that a similar change had been made to the form in 2022, but said that it was carried out through the required legal procedure. According to his position, the present change was made only through an executive order of the Election Commission and therefore its legal validity could be questioned.

The present format of the form came into effect on August 1, 2022, and is intended for new voters seeking enrolment. The Election Commission, however, says that persons whose names were removed from a draft electoral roll can also apply again through Form 6 for inclusion in the electoral roll. Brittas questioned how a person could use the same form for restoration of a previously deleted name when the form also contains a declaration that the applicant had never been included in an electoral roll.

Another issue raised concerns the difference between the online and offline versions. The SIR-related additional question included in the online Form 6 available through the ECINET app is not included in the form that can be directly filled and submitted offline. Brittas had argued that this creates different requirements for applicants depending on the method they use to submit their applications.

The Election Commission, however, has maintained that the declaration was introduced through instructions during the SIR exercise in Bihar and that the statutory Form 6 itself was not amended. Commission sources have also stated that the decisions and orders relating to the SIR conducted in three phases, including in Bihar, as well as the Special Revision in Assam, were taken unanimously by the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners.

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