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5. Enrolment of students living in hostel/lodge: During house to houseenumerations ,they should not be covered. However, subsequently, thestudents residing as tenants at the place of study will have the option to get themselvesregistered as electors either at their native places with their parents/guardians or at theaddress of landlord where they are residents for the time being for pursuing their studies.The courses pursued by the said students should be recognized by Central/State Govt. orBoards/Universities/Deemed Universities defined under relevant Acts and such coursesshould be or not less than one year's duration. Such students who are either not alreadyregistered or do not want to retain their registration at their native place with theirparents/guardians but want to enroll themselves as an elector at the place of their presentstay will have to apply for registration to the ERO of the constituency within which the placeof their present stay falls. For that purpose, they will have to apply in Form 6 addressed tothe ERO of the concerned constituency alongwith a bonafide certificate from the HeadMaster/Principal/Director/Registrar/Dean of the educational institution (Annexure 4.1).Those who are already registered in the electoral roll at their native place should indicate thefull address of such native place and other details of their enrolment in that constituency, inthe relevant column of Form 6. Those who are already in possession of an Electoral PhotoIdentity Card (EPIC) should also attach a photocopy of the same. The onus of presentation ofthe application in Form-6 and/or the Self-Declaration to the ERO concerned shall squarely lieon the student.6.1 Enrolment of names of tenants: A tenant living at a particular address is eligible toget enrolled in the electoral roll at the address where he/she is staying. The inclusion inthe concerned part of electoral roll can be during the period when an intensiverevision/verification is undertaken by house-to-house visit or by filing an application inForm 6 after draft/final publication. The ERO who is the statutory authority to allow orreject such inclusion in the electoral roll has to satisfy himself before taking anydecision in the matter. The onus of proof lies with the applicant seeking registration inthe electoral roll for the first time or due to change of residence. The ERO can rely ondocumentary evidence or hold a summary inquiry to satisfy him. It has to be borne inmind that once a name is ordered to be included in the electoral roll by theERO/AERO, the onus of proof shifts on the authority or individual objecting to suchinclusion at a later stage due to some reason or the other.6.2 Enrolment of senior citizen in old age homes: Senior Citizens, who are inmates ofOld Age Home, are eligible to be enrolled in the Constituency, in which they areordinarily resident in old age home, provided they fulfill other eligibility criteriaprovided under law.7. The entire work of intensive revision is done under the leadership of the ERO. TheEROs should check the enumeration pads and the Supervisor’s reports to see whetherthere are any obvious mistakes or omissions and, if so, necessary steps should betaken to rectify such defects. All relevant elector detail should be captured in theenumeration pad and in no case the EPIC numbers of the EPICs already issuedshall be left out against individual electors.8. The roll is prepared on the basis of these records and is first written in a manuscriptform. Therefore, extreme care should be taken in preparing the manuscript rolls from20