Election panel backs Form 6 for SIR, says SC upheld its use

NEW DELHI: Those applying for fresh enrolment as electors through Form 6 in locations other than the 12 states and UTs where special intensive revision (SIR) is currently underway will no longer need to attach a declaration mapping themselves or their relative to the electoral rolls from the last SIR.In the states and UTs where SIR is going on, Form 6 will continue to be accompanied by a mandatory declaration by the applicant listing their or their relatives' electoral rolls details from the last SIR, apart from their father's, mother's and spouse's names and their respective EPIC numbers, if available.A statement put out by the three-member Election Commission Saturday justified the continued requirement of new electors to submit the declaration along with Form 6 as part of SIR, saying "the declaration attached to Form 6 for SIR has been upheld by the Supreme Court".For the non-SIR period, the forms applicable…