Former Indian diplomat Ramesh Chander has been asked by the authorities conducting the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Punjab to submit documents proving his citizenship, The Tribune reported on Tuesday.The 75-year-old told the newspaper that he has been “summoned to appear with proof of residence” at a government office on Thursday despite sharing his Aadhaar and voter identity cards with a booth level officer in Jalandhar.Chander told The Tribune that he has voted from Jalandhar in several elections, including the last Assembly elections in 2022 and the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.Chander served as India’s ambassador to Belarus and the consul general in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He also held positions including India’s counsellor in Japan and a minister at the embassy in Prague, Czech Republic.He retired from the foreign service in December 2010.A notice issued to Chander by the additional electoral registration officer of Jalandhar West on Saturday said that the documents he submitted were insufficient to establish his eligibility as a voter, the newspaper reported. It also said that his voter details did not match those in the electoral roll used before SIR.Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Varjeet Walia described the notice as part of the routine verification process, The Tribune reported. “Two categories of voters have so far been left out, those who are unmapped or those with logical discrepancies,” the newspaper quoted Walia as saying.He added that, under general instructions issued to booth level officers to make the process easier, Chander’s required documents would be collected from his home and he would not have to visit any office.On Sunday, retired diplomat Navdeep Suri also raised concerns about the verification process under the special intensive revision in Punjab. In a social media post, Suri said that he had to submit his Aadhaar and voter identity cards to a booth level officer and “was assured that everything is in order”.Suri said that he was later informed that some of his details did not match the electoral rolls from 2003, which are being used to verify voters during the exercise.Punjab is among the 16 states where the voter roll revision is being carried out in the third phase of SIR.In 2025, the first phase of the exercise was conducted in Bihar. It was extended to 12 states and Union Territories in the second phase in late 2025 and the first half of 2026. Since it began, concerns have been raised that the revision could eliminate genuine voters from the rolls and even shape electoral outcomes, as Scroll has reported.In May, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of the revision, but said that the exercise does not mean that the Election Commission can decide on whether the person is an Indian citizen.Also read: Scroll’s SIR experience is a microcosm of what urban India is facing