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The Election Commission of India connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) extended the deadline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings successful West Bengal to February 14, 2026. The day for work of the last elector lists has been moved to February 28. This came aft the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal sent a ceremonial petition to the ECI for an hold connected February 7, citing pending work.
The Supreme Court connected Monday (February 9) asked the ECI to widen the SIR deadlines by astatine slightest one-week.
“Since the process of scrutinising documents submitted by affected radical successful effect to notices served connected them is apt to instrumentality longer than anticipated, and arsenic suggested connected behalf of immoderate of the petitioners, we nonstop that astatine slightest 1 week beyond 14.02.2026 beryllium granted to the EROs/AEROs to implicit the scrutiny of the documents and instrumentality an due decision,” the Supreme Court bid said connected Monday (February 9, 2026).
The Supreme Court bid by a part bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N. V. Anjaria, and requests from the CEO and the WB bureau led to the ECI extending the deadline.
Revised dates
“Further, successful compliance with the Supreme Court’s direction, the Commission has revised the SIR docket successful the State of West Bengal,” an authoritative notification from the ECI addressed to the CEO, WB stated on Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
The revised dates are February 14 for completing of SIR hearings, February 21 for scrutiny of documents and disposal, with last electoral rolls to beryllium published connected February 28. Previously, the SIR hearings were to beryllium completed by February 7, and the last electoral database was to beryllium published by February 14.
The West Bengal SIR workout is successful its last phase, with lone astir 3-5% hearings remaining, according to the West Bengal CEO. However, astir 25% of papers uploading and digitisation remains pending, which led officials to question much clip from the CEO, Manoj Kumar Agarwal.
Over 94.49 lakh radical were summoned for hearings nether the logical discrepancies category, and implicit 31.68 lakh voters who were classified arsenic “unmapped” were besides asked to look for hearings.
Those who neglect to look for their hearings wrong the extended timeline whitethorn beryllium struck from the last 2026 elector lists.
