Voters may receive notices over SIR anomalies in Hyderabad

Lakhs of voters in Hyderabad could receive notices during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as officials expect a large number of anomalies to be found in urban areas.

A report published in media quoted Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C Sudharshan Reddy saying that Telangana has already identified nearly 88 lakh anomalies during the pre-SIR mapping exercise. The number is expected to cross one crore after the completion of the enumeration process.

As the CEO said that most of these discrepancies are



in urban pockets, Hyderabad is expected to see a high number of anomalies.

Name mismatch

Age gap with parents of less than 15 years or more than 50 years

Age gap with maternal/paternal grandparents of less than 40 years

More than six voters mapped with a single voter in the 2002 SIR list

Age gap between siblings mapped with a voter in the 2002 SIR list of less than nine months