Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Saturday ordered district election officers to immediately deactivate the ECINET login IDs of computer assistants (voter registration centre operators) at electoral registration officers’ offices. Computer assistants are outsourced workers hired for data entry as local election officials don’t have the requisite training. The UP CEO office alleged the action is being taken amid complaints and information received from Pilibhit district regarding the “misuse” of ECINET login IDs provided to computer assistants.

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Login ids to be deactivated

Sharing a post on X, the CEO’s office wrote, “District election officers will instruct all electoral registration officers (EROs) in their districts to ensure immediate necessary action. The login IDs of operators at voter registration centres functioning in all assembly constituencies under the district will be deactivated so that no operator at any voter registration centre can perform any activity on the ECINET portal through their login ID."

The CEO office added that after all login IDs are deactivated, it will get confirmation from the ERO concerned. The firm through which the assistants were hired was also directed to immediately terminate the service of the personnel assigned to Assembly Constituency 127-Pilibhit.

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13,779 forms were erroneous

Pilibhit has witnessed several errors during the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, with details of other voters being displayed against the EPIC number of a large number of registered voters in the constituency. According to the CEO office, an investigation revealed that a total of 13,779 forms were “erroneously” entered between 31 May 2026, and 29 August 2026, out of which 10,470 were approved.

The CEO Office Friday sought clarification in the matter from the Pilibhit district election officer and their predecessor.