Navi Mumbai, Dec. 4 -- A spiralling controversy over irregularities in the voters' list has forced the Panvel administration to reverify thousands of entries, pushing back the publication of polling station-wise voter rolls from December 12 to December 22. The controversy erupted shortly after publication of the draft ward-wise voters list on November 20, when former corporator Aravind Mhatre alleged that 268 voters in Tondre village were listed as "sons" of one individual. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) subsequently amplified the allegation via social media platforms, saying it was "proof that the rolls have collapsed under negligence". MNS functionaries also flagged other discrepancies, including clusters of voters mapped to a single house and suspected bogus entries in multiple wards. In Karanjade, residents said 268 voters had been listed under a single house number. In Pargaon, voters were assigned to a building named Kailaspoorva Balaji Niwas, which locals insisted did not exist. Activists said the discovery of such "phantom structures" indicated organised voter importation ahead of the elections. The biggest embarrassment for the administration came from a disclosure by former MLA Balaram Patil, who revealed that sub-divisional officer and deputy electoral registration officer Pawa) Chandak, responsible for cleansing duplicate entries, appeared twice in the draft rolls. Chandak's child too was listed thrice across different wards, Patil claimed. Chandak admitted the duplications, saying the draft stage exists precisely for corrections. "My name and my child's name have been repeated as we stayed at Khandeshwar earlier but now live in Panvel. These entries will be verified and corrected," Chandak said. But opposition parties and civic groups argued that duplication involving the very officer tasked with preventing it undermined the credibility of the clean-up exercise. The developments have forced the Panvel administration to extend the objection period. Publication of the final authenticated voter list, earlier scheduled for December 5, has been postponed to December 10, while the detailed polling station-wise voter rolls, initially due on December 12, will now be released on December 22. Municipal commissioner Mangesh Chitale said his office was committed to delivering an accurate final roll and that each objection would be examined....