SIR list of documents: Bihar (June 2025) to phase 2 (October 2025)

Commission says Form 6 declaration was in three unanimous SIR orders

Responding to the Form 6 reports, the Commission said the requirement of a Declaration Form (Annexure D) with Form 6 or Form 8 had been part of the Bihar order of 24 June 2025, the 12-state order of 27 October 2025 and the 19-state order of 14 May 2026, all decided unanimously by the three Commissioners, and that the Supreme Court upheld it on 27 May 2026. It said applicants filing the declaration need not submit any other documents.

Primary text of this statement was not found on eci.gov.in (last indexed press note: PN-119 of 23.09.2026). The response does not address the Commissioners' specific objection, which concerned inserting the question into the statutory online Form 6 rather than the separate SIR Declaration Form. The published 2025 and 2026 orders do state that no documents are collected at enumeration, while the declaration's own information sheet says documents are required on receipt of an ERO notice.

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