New Delhi, July 6 -- The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and political activist Yogendra Yadav have filed petitions in the Supreme Court, challenging the Election Commission's (EC) decision to undertake a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, with the development coming amid a political uproar over the controversial move. ADR, a non-profit working on electoral and political reforms, in its petition alleged that the June 24 directive of EC to carry out an SIR in Bihar was arbitrary and unconstitutional, and that the move will lead to disenfranchisement of nearly 30 million citizens in the state. Yadav, on the other, questioned the timing of SIR, claiming that a "de novo (afresh) preparation of the rolls, just six months after a detailed survey, two months after a revision of rolls and a few months before state elections betrays complete nonapplication of mind by the ECI, and renders the present process manifestly arbitrary." The petitions have also questioned the need for citizens, who do not figure in the earlier revised roll of 2003, to prove their citizenship based any of the list of 11 documents prescribed by the poll body, which does not contain the basic identity documents of Aadhaar card, ration card, ECI's Photo Identity Card, or the MGNREGA job card, which are readily available. "For the first time, the requirement to furnish documents is being weaponised not only to add new voters, as has been the historical practice, but also to cause automatic en-masse deletion of existing electors, including those who have voted in multiple previous elections," Yadav said in his plea....