law: Representation of the People Act, 1950 
  22. Correction of entries in electoral rolls
  
  
  If the electoral
  
  registration officer for a constituency, on application made to him or on his
  
  own motion, is satisfied after such inquiry as he thinks fit, that any entry in
  
  the electoral roll of the constituency :-
  (a) is erroneous or
  
  defective in any particular,
  (b) should be
  
  transposed to another place in the roll on the ground that the person concerned
  
  has changed his place of ordinary residence within the constituency, or
  (c) should be deleted
  
  on the ground that the person concerned is dead or has ceased to be ordinarily
  
  resident in the constituency or is otherwise not entitled to be registered in
  
  that roll, the electoral registration officer shall, subject to such general or
  
  special directions, if any, as may be given by the Election Commission in this
  
  behalf, amend, transpose or delete the entry:
  Provided that before taking any
  
  action on any ground under clause (a) or clause (b) or any action under clause
  
  (c) on the ground that the person concerned has ceased to be ordinarily
  
  resident in the constituency or that he is otherwise not entitled to be
  
  registered in the electoral roll of that constituency, the electoral
  
  registration officer shall give the person concerned a reasonable opportunity
  
  of being heard in respect of the action proposed to be taken in relation to
  
  him.]