Overview
- The Special Intensive Revision house‑to‑house enumeration began June 24–25 and will run until July 24, covering about 3.5 crore voters across Telangana.
- A petition by M.A. Mujeeb Ayyub asks the court to declare printing physical SIR forms only in Telugu unlawful and seeks mandatory bilingual (Telugu and English) distribution.
- The Election Commission told the court it printed English forms for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits but used Telugu elsewhere while offering English and Urdu versions online or on request and saying BLOs carry sample English forms.
- The High Court asked the ECI to consider the petitioner’s representation, pressed the commission on how non‑Telugu speakers would be served, and has listed the matter for further hearing on June 29.
- Petitioners warn the Telugu‑only physical print run risks errors and exclusion for migrants, linguistic minorities and students, and they cite Rule 4 of the Registration of Electors Rules and past SIR problems to argue for stronger, rights‑based language access.