Hyderabad: Ahead of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, which is all set to begin soon in Telangana districts, including Hyderabad, along with other states that were not covered in the first two phases of the exercise, the Election Commission is going to conduct family mapping.
However, family mapping to verify electoral rolls 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 booth-level officers (BLO) 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 do not need to submit any documents.
Otherwise, the voters have to submit any one of the following ECI-listed documents.
Those who are mapped with parents 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 their father’s/mother's names.
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 their father’s/mother's names.
As citizens in Telangana 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.