Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list is all set to begin in April in Telangana districts, including Hyderabad, and in view of it, citizens need to be aware that 'logical discrepancies' can also trigger notices later.

Ahead of the SIR, booth-level officers (BLOs) have already begun the process of linking names with the 2002 electoral roll, a step commonly referred to as progeny mapping.

What are logical discrepancies?

Under the pre-SIR exercise in Hyderabad and other districts of Telangana, voters are being either linked or mapped based on the 2002 list. Linking is done if a voter's name appears in the 2002 list, whereas mapping is done if a relative's name is in the list.

According to Election Com...