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On the legal front, the petition relies on the Greater Bengaluru Governance (Registration of Electors) Rules, 2025. It argues that Rules 3 and 30 of those rules require the State Election Commission to adopt the assembly electoral rolls prepared by the Election Commission of India and do not authorise the Commission to undertake an independent Special Intensive Revision.

Furthermore, the petition invokes Article 243ZA of the Constitution, which it reads as empowering the State Election Commission only to exercise superintendence over the preparation of electoral rolls for local body elections by adopting the assembly rolls, and not to conduct an independent revision. The petition also challenges Section 35 of the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act to the extent that it may be interpreted as conferring such power, asserting that such a reading would be ultra vires Articles 243ZA, 325 and 326 of the Constitution, which envisage a single, unified electoral roll.

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The petition additionally alleges that the order is arbitrary, unreasoned and hastily issued. It claims that the parallel revision results in an unnecessary expenditure of public resources by necessitating the duplicate deployment of Booth Level Officers and Booth Level Agents.

At present, the matter has not been listed for hearing before the Karnataka High Court. No interim order or observation has been passed by the bench. The parties await the court’s schedule for the preliminary hearing.

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