Hyderabad: The Telangana State Election Commission will conduct Grama Panchayat elections in three phases. The Election Commission is likely to issue a notification next week.

According to sources, the election schedule is likely to be issued either on November 26^th or 27^th. The first phase of polling will most likely be on December 11, second phase on December 14 and third phase on December 17. The TSEC wants to complete the polling process by December 20.

The SEC had issued a notification on Wednesday directing all DPOs to examine the electoral rolls and to rectify mis-mappings, if any, and rearrange and republish the photo electoral rolls of the Grama Panchayats.

The scheduled stages of preparing the electoral rolls of Grama Panchayats are as follows:

The receipt and examination of individual applications from voters, along with suo motu rectification of mis-mapping of Grama Panchayats or wards without altering their addresses in the final Grama Panchayats, ward and PS-wise voter lists, will be completed by November 20.

The disposal of requests and objections by the concerned DPOs is scheduled for November 22. The final republication of photo electoral rolls will take place on November 23. On the same day, polling stations will be republished after incorporating the updated voter strength.