The Bombay High Court, sitting in its Goa bench, adjourned a writ petition filed by Paresh Salgaonkar and his family that contests the removal of their names from the voter list during the state’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, setting the next hearing for Tuesday, Oct 10.
The petition, lodged in the St Cruz Assembly constituency, argues that the deletion of the family’s EPICs and the rejection of their Form 8 applications were carried out without any hearing, violating electoral norms.
Election Commission lawyer Gaurish Agni told reporters that orders from the Supreme Court, already reviewing similar SIR petitions, could alter the outcome of this case, prompting the Court to defer the hearing.
The two Bombay High Court justices noted that the Supreme Court’s pending orders may not directly affect the Goa petition, but they agreed to postpone the hearing by a week to coincide with the Supreme Court’s Oct 8 session where related petitions are to be heard.
Salgaonkar’s lawyer highlighted that the family was instructed to submit Form 6—intended for fresh inclusion—after the EPICs were erased, a step that delays their ability to re‑enter the rolls.
The delayed hearing means the family will wait until the Supreme Court’s decision on Oct 8, after which the Bombay High Court will resume its review of the deletion and Form 8 rejection issues.