Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: The High Court has quashed and set aside the decisions of the North Goa District Election Officer and the Goa Chief Electoral Officer rejecting the Form-8 applications filed by St. Cruz resident Paresh Salgaonkar and five members of his family during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive.
Allowing the petition, the High Court has directed the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) to include the names of all six petitioners in the electoral roll.
The court also rejected the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) request to stay the order to enable it to challenge the verdict.
The ruling comes after the six petitioners challenged the rejection of their Form-8 applications, seeking inclusion of their names in the electoral roll during the SIR exercise.
