Telangana HC seeks response on plea against non-tribal voters in Scheduled AreasThe Telangana High Court has directed authorities to respond within two weeks to a writ petition filed by Adivasi Sena, which challenges the inclusion of non-tribal voters in electoral rolls of Fifth Scheduled Areas during the Special Intensive Revision 2026. By Telangana Today Published Date - 6 August 2026, 09:01 PMBy Our Legal CorrespondentHyderabad: Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin of the Telangana High Court on Thursday heard a writ petition seeking deletion of allegedly illegal non-tribal voters from the electoral rolls in the Fifth Scheduled Areas of Telangana during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 and directed the respondents to file their counters within two weeks. The petitioners alleged that non-tribal migrants were being illegally continued and enrolled in the electoral rolls, thereby diluting the political rights of Scheduled Tribes. Ravi Kumar, contended that despite repeated representations, including one submitted during the ongoing SIR exercise, the authorities had failed to evolve a mechanism to verify and remove ineligible non-tribal voters from the electoral rolls in the Scheduled Areas.