New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- The Delhi High Court has held that the apprehension of a petitioner, whose name was deleted from the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), that filing Form 6 to seek fresh inclusion could expose him to allegations of making a false declaration was misplaced, in view of the assurance given by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

A bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Aditi Choudhary closed the writ proceedings filed by Nilotpal Datta and another petitioner, who challenged the procedure requiring them to seek fresh inclusion in the electoral roll instead of restoration and shifting of their existing entries.

The court observed that the suggestion to submit Form 6 had come from the ECI's ...