Hyderabad, Aug. 12 -- The state government said on Wednesday, August 12, that it would seek legal opinion on the Election Commission's (ECI) decision not to consider the newly introduced Telangana Family Register Certificate (FRC) as a legal document for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) verification.

Issuing a clarification a day ago, as the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) had sought guidance on the new certificate, the ECI said that a ration card, unlike a passport or a birth certificate, is not conclusive proof of citizenship.

The choice of proposed documents for verification of electoral rolls and their evidentiary standards necessarily falls within the discretionary domain of the Commission, it said.

Responding to the d...