Hyderabad: Ahead of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll, which is all set to begin soon in Telangana districts including Hyderabad along with other states that are not covered in the first two phases of the exercise, family mapping is going on.
However, family mapping is not enough for the exercise as notices can be triggered even after successful linking of the voters to the 2002 SIR list.
SIR family mapping in Hyderabad, other Telangana districts
As SIR is most likely to begin next month, many BLOs are mapping voters in the current electoral rolls with the 2002 SIR list.
Those who successfully find their names in both the current electoral roll and the 2002 SIR list will be mapped. However, those who are not in the earlier SIR list need to link themselves to one of the following relatives
- Father
- Mother
- Maternal grandfather
- Maternal grandmother
- Paternal grandfather
- Paternal grandmother
Those who successfully find their or their relatives’ names in the 2002 SIR list need not have to submit any documents.
Otherwise, the voters have to submit any one of the following ECI-listed documents.
Logical discrepancies
Even after successful family mapping in Telangana districts including Hyderabad and other states, voters can get notices in the following cases.
- In case of mapping with parents
a. Age gap between voters and parents less than 15 years
b. Age gap between voters and parents more than 50 years. - In case of mapping with maternal/paternal grandparents
a. Age gap between voters and maternal/paternal grandparents less than 40 years. - More than six persons mapped with a single person listed in the 2002 SIR list.
In all the above listed discrepancies, the voters are most likely to get notices. However, in such cases, the voters just need to prove relationship with the elector in the 2002 SIR list.
As per Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa, to reply to logical discrepancy notices, the voters can submit any documents, not necessarily from ECI-listed documents, to prove relationship.
Those who mapped with parents, the electors may be asked to provide any document of theirs mentioning both their name and their father/mother.
In case of mapping with maternal grandparents, the electors may be asked to provide any document of theirs mentioning both their name and their mother. Apart from it, such electors need to provide their mother’s document mentioning her name and her father/mother’s name.
In case of mapping with paternal grandparents, the electors may be asked to provide any document of theirs mentioning both their name and their father. Apart from it, such electors need to provide their father’s document mentioning his name and his father/mother’s name.
As citizens in Telangana districts including Hyderabad and other states can be asked to prove their relationship with the voters in the last SIR through documents in case of the following logical discrepancies, family mapping needs to be done carefully and with the allowed relatives only.
