MLC Polls: Form-18 Will Be Accepted Till Last Date of Filing of Nominations
As per the earlier announced schedule, the last date for receipt of applications in Form-18 was November 6. However, the poll officials on Tuesday clarified that the ECI will receive notices till the day of nominations.
Hyderabad: Allaying apprehensions amongst graduate constituency voters, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C. Sudharshan Reddy on Tuesday clarified applications for enrolment in the electoral roll for the upcoming MLC polls can be submitted even after the set November 6 deadline.
The Form-18 meant for applying for graduate constituencies can be submitted not only during claims and objections phase, but also after publication of final electoral rolls and till the date of filing of nominations for the constituencies.
By Tuesday, the enrolment for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates' constituency was 5,15,582 and for Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad Graduates' constituency it was 4,13,210.
As per the earlier announced schedule, the last date for receipt of applications in Form-18 was November 6. However, the poll officials on Tuesday clarified that the ECI will receive notices till the day of nominations.
“In order to avoid confusion among the citizens, it is hereby clarified that applications in Form-18 can be submitted even during the period of filing claims and objections from November 25 to December 10, and also from the date of final publication of electoral rolls (December 30) till the last date of filing of nominations. This is an ongoing process and eligible candidates can register during these days,” informed a higher official.
Officials also clarified that the minor technical difficulties for the applications online was overcome on Tuesday. “There are no more issues with the ceotelangana.nic.in website. We have overcome whatever issues were there. Now the eligible graduates may apply through Form-18,” added the official.
Voter registration schedule
Nov. 6: Last date for receipt of Form-18 applications.
Nov. 25: Draft electoral roll
Till Dec. 10: Filing of claims and objections.
Dec. 30: Final electoral roll
When Form-18 applications will be accepted
1. Till Nov. 6
2. From Nov. 25 to Dec. 10
3. After Dec. 30, till last date of filing of nominations
