New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Election Commission of India's (ECI) notices issued to several public figures, including former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (retd), Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, and Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami, under the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are "system-generated" and triggered by data inputs in the enumeration forms, poll panel officials have said. Notices to prominent personalities have been reported despite the ECI manual on poll rolls directing electoral registration officers to ensure names of lawmakers, those holding public offices, and eminent persons from various fields are included in draft electoral rolls and appropriately flagged to prevent wrongful deletion. The SIR exercise, underway in 12 states and UTs, requires electors to be linked to the electoral roll last comprehensively updated in 2002. Where such linkage cannot be established through the elector's own entry or that of a family member, the system categorises the entry as "unmapped" and generates a notice requiring verification through documents or hearings. A senior ECI official, requesting anonymity, said these notices from the ECI were being generated due to logical discrepancies identified by the system. "When the system detects a discrepancy, it automatically generates a notice. After a notice is issued, CEO offices ensure that people of prominence, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable categories are facilitated. In many cases, Booth Level Officers are visiting residences and assisting electors in resolving discrepancies." In Goa, former navy chief Admiral Prakash (retd), 82, received a notice under SIR asking him to appear before election officials to establish his identity. Following media reports, the ERO for the 27-Cortalim assembly constituency issued a clarification, saying the enumeration form submitted by Prakash did not contain mandatory particulars relating to the previous SIR, including the elector's name as per the 2002 roll, EPIC number, name of the relative, name and number of the assembly constituency, part number and serial number in the electoral roll....