New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday revised the schedule for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in five states and Delhi, with the poll body extending the deadlines for filing of claims and objections in some regions and publishing of final rolls in all of them.

In letters dated October 29, ECI said the final rolls in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana and Nagaland will be published on November 30 and Delhi's final roll on December 22.

The poll body stated that it acted on requests from the states' chief electoral officers (CEOs), all of which were received the same day. On Wednesday, two days before the last date for the submission of Form 6, the Supreme Cou...