EC won’t accept Family Register Certificate for SIR, Telangana says will move court

The draft electoral rolls for the Telangana SIR are scheduled to be published on August 17. (File Photo) 4 min readHyderabadAug 13, 2026 11:58 AM IST First published on: Aug 13, 2026 at 11:46 AM IST The Telangana Government has decided to seek legal opinion on the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to accept the newly introduced Family Register Certificate (FRC) as a designated document during verification under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Mohammed Ali Shabbir, Advisor to the Telangana Government, said on Thursday that ECI’s clarification on August 11 will be respected by the state government as the ECI is a constitutional authority, but the reasoning equating the FRC with a ration card required careful legal examination. He added that the government would explore all legally permissible options to ensure that genuine voters, particularly poor and vulnerable sections, were not subjected to avoidable hardship during the SIR.