Panaji: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a notice to former chief of naval staff Admiral Arun Prakash (retd), asking him to attend a meeting to establish his identity as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Admiral Prakash, who has been settled in Goa since his retirement, said SIR forms should be revised if they are not “evoking” the required information. A senior official, however, said that his details do not figure in the voter list last updated in 2002 and that he falls under the “unmapped” category. Some X users, however, wondered what more the SIR team needs since the ex-Navy chief’s PPO (Pension Payment Order) and life certificate are already available in government databases.“This is what is happening in most such cases. Admiral Prakash falls in the unmapped category,” South Goa District Returning Officer Egna Cleetus told PTI on Sunday. Cleetus, who is also the collector of South Goa, said that on Monday, she will go through the Navy veteran’s enumeration form.
