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About 530 judicial officers person been deputed to implicit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) successful West Bengal and astir 280 person started to dispose of claims and objections, the State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal said connected Thursday (February 26, 2026). He said OTPs to entree the database of pending SIR cases person been created for them.
On Thursday (February 26, 2026), the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Sujoy Paul held a gathering with the CEO and apical State officials to instrumentality banal of the ongoing SIR.
On February 20, highlighting a spot shortage betwixt the West Bengal authorities and the Election Commission of India, the Supreme Court had told the High Court to name judicial officers from the State to process SIR-related claims and objections.
On February 24, the Chief Justice of the High Court informed the apical tribunal that though 294 judicial officers successful the ranks of District Judges and Additional District Judges had been deployed, it was not enough. The Supreme Court past suggested engaging judicial officers from Odisha and Jharkhand. It said that the Calcutta High Court was entitled to additionally deploy civilian judges, some elder and inferior divisions, with acquisition of not little than 3 years.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Agarwal said that the Central Armed Police Forces volition get successful the State by February 28 and territory officials volition deploy the forces arsenic confidence-building measures. About 480 companies of forces will beryllium deployed successful 2 phases successful West Bengal by March 10.
Assembly elections successful West Bengal are apt to beryllium held successful the adjacent fewer months. Elections to the State tin lone beryllium announced aft the SIR is completed and the implicit elector database is made public. The apical court has directed the canvass assemblage to people the elector database successful West Bengal connected February 28. However, the supplementary lists could beryllium published connected a continuous ground till nomination, the Supreme Court has said.
