Calcutta excessive courtroom chief justice Sujoy Paul on Sunday held a two-hour assembly with prime state bureaucrats and Election Fee officers as the primary batch of serving and retired district judicial officers was appointed to adjudicate disputed voter claims throughout the particular intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in poll-bound West Bengal, officers mentioned.
“State chief secretary Nandini Chakraborty, director common of police Peeyush Pandey, Kolkata police commissioner Supratim Sarkar and the Election Fee’s (EC) particular election observer Subrata Gupta have been amongst these current on the assembly on the excessive courtroom from 4pm to 6pm,” a courtroom official mentioned, requesting anonymity.
“Round 100 serving and retired judges and extra judges from numerous district courts have been appointed until 4pm. The others shall be appointed on Tuesday,” the officer added.
With West Bengal having 294 meeting constituencies, an equal variety of serving and retired judicial officers are prone to be appointed to eliminate round 4.5 million disputed claims filed by voters throughout the SIR.
These circumstances are to be adjudicated in accordance with an order handed by the Supreme Court docket on Friday. EC officers mentioned the method is predicted to start on Monday.
The Supreme Court docket empowered the Calcutta HC chief justice to spare judicial officers to cope with claims falling below the “logical discrepancy” class.
The SIR was rolled out in West Bengal on November 4, 2025. The draft electoral roll was printed on December 16, with round 5.8 million names struck off, whereas one other 15.2 million voters have been known as for listening to as they might not be mapped with the 2002 electoral roll or had logical discrepancies of their enumeration kinds. The hearings concluded on February 14, and scrutiny and disposal of circumstances continued till midnight on February 21.
The ultimate electoral roll is scheduled to be printed on February 28.
On Saturday, justice Paul cancelled all leaves of judicial officers till March 9 to make sure compliance with the Supreme Court docket’s order.
