New Delhi, July 10 -- Following confusion over the rejection of voter enumeration forms due to identity verification through maternal grandparents, Delhi's chief electoral officer (CEO) on Thursday instructed the electoral registration offices (EROs), additional EROs and booth level officers (BLOs) across the Capital to accept forms citing maternal grandparents for identity mapping and also rectify earlier wrongful rejections. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) requires voters whose names are missing from the 2002 electoral rolls to establish progeny mapping - linking themselves to a parent or grandparent listed in that roll. The enumeration form allows this link through a father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother. Despite these guidelines, several field officials rejected enumeration forms that cited identity mapping through maternal grandparents. According to reports received by the CEO office , BLOs and their supervisors misinterpreted the guidelines and refused applications where voters linked their details with maternal grandparents instead of paternal lineage. This issue has particularly impacted single women, widows, and divorced individuals, many of whom can only trace a verified relative through their mother's side. "After my divorce, I have had no contact with my father's family for years. My only documented connection was through my maternal grandparents, but I was initially told that wouldn't be accepted. I felt I was being denied my right to vote over a misunderstanding," said 42-year-old Anita Sharma, a resident of Lajpat Nagar. Responding to the outcry, the Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified that no distinction exists between maternal and paternal grandparents for mapping purposes. "Parents or grandparents should be Indian nationals; whether maternal or paternal is immaterial," officials said, reaffirming that the form recognises four qualifying relatives - father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother....