Several prominent Hyderabad residents, including former India cricketer VVS Laxman, filmmaker SS Rajamouli and actor Mahesh Babu, have been issued notices as part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, according to a list published after the draft roll was released on August 17, 2026.
The list, titled “List of Persons to Whom Notices Have Been Issued (After Draft Roll Published on 17-08-2026),” includes sportspersons Pullela Gopichand, Saina Nehwal and Mithali Raj, actors Namrata Shirodkar, Venkatesh Daggubati, Samantha Akkineni and Vijay Deverakonda, and members of their families, the Times of India reported after independently checking the records.
The list cites several reasons for issuing notices, including name mismatches, voters being “unmapped with last SIR” and discrepancies in parent names. In some cases, the column recording the reason for the discrepancy has been left blank.
The notices form part of the electoral-roll revision process, under which voters may be required to respond or attend hearings to establish or correct their details. RV Karnan, district election officer for Hyderabad, said people who are unable to attend personally could authorise another person to appear on their behalf, particularly in the case of prominent individuals.
“There is still time, and many well-known people are yet to appear for hearings,” Karnan was quoted as saying. Many of the personalities named in the list are registered as voters in assembly constituencies that fall under the Hyderabad district election administration.
Election officials said the inclusion of well-known residents was not unusual, as discrepancies had also been found in the records of large numbers of voters across Telangana. The notices do not by themselves establish that any individual’s name has been deleted from the electoral roll.
The development has drawn attention to the practical challenges of checking and correcting voter records during an intensive revision. Activists said that if prominent voters face difficulty resolving discrepancies, the process could raise wider questions about how people with less access to information, transport or administrative assistance will respond to notices.
“What is the status of the single woman living in a small hamlet in a remote village in Telangana? Who will take responsibility if her vote gets deleted?” activist Ruchith Asha Kamal was quoted as saying.
The affected voters still have the opportunity to participate in the hearing process or arrange representation where permitted. The Hyderabad election authorities are continuing to process responses before final decisions on the relevant electoral-roll entries.
