Telangana has begun issuing notices to voters as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, following the identification of discrepancies in voter and family records.
According to election officials, 92.87 lakh electors are covered by the notice process. Around 60.5 lakh have been flagged because of anomalies in their records, while another 32.36 lakh could not be linked to the 2002 electoral rolls.
Some of the checks relate to the age difference between voters and their parents. An elector can be flagged when the recorded age gap with a mapped parent is less than 15 years or more than 50 years.
Authorities are also examining cases where the age difference between an elector and a mapped grandparent is less than 40 years. These checks are intended to identify possible errors in the mapping of family relationships between the current electoral database and the older records.
Other anomalies include siblings being recorded with an age gap of less than nine months, as well as cases where six or more electors have been mapped as children of the same person.
Differences in names and family details are also being examined. A mismatch in a father's name between the current electoral roll and the previous SIR record can trigger a notice, while differences in the elector's own name or the recorded relationship can also require verification.
Receiving a notice does not automatically mean that a voter's name has been deleted. The notice is part of a verification process through which the elector can explain the discrepancy and provide supporting documents.
The Telangana Chief Electoral Officer has also said that an elector cannot simply be removed from the draft roll without notice, an inquiry and a reasonable opportunity to respond. The relevant Electoral Registration Officer or Assistant Electoral Registration Officer must consider the case before passing an order.
Voters who could not be mapped to the 2002 electoral roll will also receive notices. They may be required to establish their eligibility or their relationship with the person whose details were used for the earlier mapping.
The scale of the exercise is considerable. Telangana had 3,38,26,448 electors in the 2025 rolls. Of these, 2,64,87,213, or 78.30 percent, submitted their enumeration forms during the latest exercise. The remaining electors were classified under categories including Absent, Shifted, Deceased/Deleted and Duplicate.
Hyderabad is expected to see a particularly large number of notices. Of the district's more than 47.36 lakh electors, over 6.72 lakh have been categorised as having anomalies, while more than 5.80 lakh are classified as unmapped.
Large numbers of records are also undergoing scrutiny in Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy districts. Urban areas can present additional challenges because of changes in addresses, names, family structures and other personal details over several years.
The election authorities have stressed that the notice stage is intended to give genuine voters an opportunity to correct or establish their records. It is therefore not, by itself, a final decision on a person's eligibility to remain on the electoral roll.
The claims and objections period will remain open until September 16, 2026. Verification and disposal of the cases arising from the notice process are scheduled to continue until October 15, with the final electoral rolls expected to be published on October 19.
For voters who receive notices, the immediate priority will be to understand the discrepancy mentioned in the communication and submit the required explanation or supporting documents. The process is expected to continue over the coming weeks as election officials verify individual records before preparing the final rolls.
