EC explains new ERONET options for SIR notice disposal to EROs through demo video; no written instructions yet

Days after adding new options to its ERONET portal that allow Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to dispose of notice cases without hearings or documents, the Election Commission (EC) is now explaining the changes to officials through a demonstration video prepared by the Election Commission’s Information Technology (IT) Department, with no written documents circulated so far, sources told The Hindu. 

The three new options are available to EROs in the remaining 10 States and Union Territories (UTs) where the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is still under way, according to the video accessed by The Hindu.

EROs across States, who have the final authority over the preparation of electoral rolls in their constituencies, had been asking for these options since the beginning of the notice phase. The changes come amid allegations of centralisation of ERONET under the ECINET software that “curtailed” the powers of the field officers.

The options have been introduced even as final rolls have already been published in nine of the 16 States and three UTs where SIR is underway, and 13 States and UTs where the exercise was completed in the first two phases. In these States, including West Bengal where 27 lakh of the 60 lakh electors served notices were left out of the final roll, officials could not clear cases without hearings or documents. Over nine crore notices have been served in the second and the third phases so far.

EROs in Delhi could access the options from September 30, while the eight-minute video explaining the changes was shown to them at a meeting on Saturday (October 3, 2026). Sources said the same video is being shown to EROs in other States. It explains new options for generating notices without scheduling hearings and provides flexibility in disposing of cases where documents have not been submitted.