Archive · 30 Aug 2026
BLO Strike Disrupts Electoral Roll Notice Distribution During SIR
Booth level officers help check voter lists and deliver notices to voters.
Some officers in parts of Hyderabad stopped working because they say their payments have been delayed.
This has caused problems in delivering notices for voter-list verification hearings.
Election officials said every voter must receive a notice and have enough time to respond.
They also told officers to remind voters about hearings in advance.
Some political leaders have asked officials to pay the officers’ pending dues.
Asaduddin Owaisi told voters not to panic if they receive a notice.
He said they should attend the hearing and bring the required documents.
Booth level officers in parts of Hyderabad have suspended work over delayed honorarium payments.
The strike has reportedly disrupted the serving of verification notices during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
Affected areas include Kukatpally, Secunderabad Cantonment and adjoining constituencies.
Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudarsan Reddy directed officials to serve every notice, obtain acknowledgements and maintain the seven-day notice period.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi urged voters to attend hearings and submit valid documents if their names appear on the anomalies list.
- Who
- Booth level officers, election officials, affected voters, political leaders and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.
- What
- A BLO strike over delayed honorariums has disrupted the distribution of notices for electoral-roll verification hearings during the special intensive revision.
- When
- The strike had continued for several days; notices included hearings scheduled for August 26 and 28 and later dates.
- Where
- Kukatpally, Secunderabad Cantonment and adjoining areas in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- BLOs said their honorariums, including payments for caste-census work, had not been disbursed.
BLOs and Critics
Election Officials and Supporters
Delayed honorariums
BLOs and Critics
BLOs said they would not resume work until pending honorariums were paid, including dues for caste-census work.
Election Officials and Supporters
Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Narayanan Sriganesh asked election officials to release pending salaries and election-duty dues immediately.
Notice distribution
BLOs and Critics
Local residents and political representatives said notices for some scheduled hearings were not served because of the work stoppage.
Election Officials and Supporters
Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudarsan Reddy directed officials to ensure every elector received a notice, an acknowledgement was obtained and the prescribed notice period was followed.
Response to anomaly notices
BLOs and Critics
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said voters should take the notices seriously and appear with valid documents to protect their names on the final roll.
Election Officials and Supporters
Owaisi also said voters should not panic, while election officials emphasized proper scheduling, publicity and supervision of hearings.
- Average BLO coverage
- Each BLO covers about 930 voters on average in Telangana.
- Hyderabad BLOs
- Hyderabad district has about 4,000 BLOs.
- Affected process
- The disruption involves the claims-and-objections phase of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
- Notice requirement
- Officials were instructed to maintain a seven-day notice period and obtain acknowledgements from electors.
- Advance reminder
- BLOs were directed to remind electors about the hearing date, time and place at least two days beforehand.
- Voter guidance
- Voters receiving anomaly notices were urged to appear before the designated ERO and submit documents from the accepted list.