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The Calcutta High Court connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) ordered cancellation of permission of each judicial officers successful West Bengal till March 9 and directed those presently connected permission to articulation their respective courts and offices by Monday to guarantee compliance with directions passed by the Supreme Court for completion of the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful the State.
All leave, but nether aesculapian emergency, granted earlier to immoderate judicial officer, stands cancelled till March 9, and those already connected permission were directed to articulation their respective courts and offices by February 23, a notification issued by the High Court’s registrar-general said.
The bid volition beryllium applicable to judicial officers posted arsenic territory and sessions judges/chief judges and further territory and sessions judges, arsenic good arsenic those posted connected deputation.
The notification said that, successful summation to this, the judicial officers posted successful special/CBI courts, commercialized courts, peculiar courts for the proceedings of transgression cases against MPs and MLAs, POCSO courts, the City Civil Court and City Sessions Court of the city, and fast-track courts are besides refrained from taking immoderate permission during this play but nether aesculapian emergencies.
It further said that each the judicial officers of the said ranks, who are nether bid of transportation and person accordingly delivered complaint of their tribunal and bureau successful the meantime, volition beryllium deemed to beryllium released from contiguous posting with effect from February 23 and volition articulation their respective caller assignments by February 24, without availing transit leave.
The High Court Chief Justice, Sujoy Paul, besides held a gathering with assorted apical officials of the Union and State governments connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) arsenic per the absorption of the Supreme Court.
Dismayed implicit the ongoing tussle betwixt the State authorities and the Election Commission, the Supreme Court connected Friday (February 20, 2026) issued an “extraordinary” absorption to deploy serving and erstwhile territory judges to assistance the canvass sheet successful the controversy-ridden SIR process successful West Bengal.
The apical tribunal ordered deputation of judicial officers for adjudication of claims and objections of those who are enactment nether the ‘logical discrepancy’ lists and facing removal of their names from the electoral rolls.
