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Electors distant from West Bengal for the intent of study, employment successful the backstage sector, oregon hospitalisation are exempt from personally appearing successful hearings of Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to a announcement issued by the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal connected Thursday (January 8, 2026).
The acrophobic electors whitethorn nonstop immoderate authorized household subordinate with impervious of narration with the elector and taxable immoderate of the indispensable documents connected their behalf, the announcement further reads.
A akin announcement detailing the aforesaid process has besides been issued for electors temporarily residing overseas for study, enactment oregon hospitalisation, arsenic good arsenic for government employees, military/paramilitary personnel, and PSU employees who person been oregon volition beryllium called for hearings.
Currently hearings are being held for electors who are unmapped to the 2002 electoral rotation oregon person logical discrepancies.
This improvement unfolds days aft a announcement for proceeding was generated by the Election Commission for Nobel laureate Amartya Sen connected relationship of “logical discrepancies”. Mr. Sen presently resides abroad.
Additionally, according to a high-ranking authoritative successful the CEO’s office, the Election Commission is besides apt to alteration distant hearings for migrant workers, done an upcoming online portal for submission and verification of documents.
In the portal, the elector tin log successful done their unsocial EPIC fig and find their proceeding announcement online. They volition beryllium capable to upload their documents, which volition subsequently beryllium verified by the acrophobic Assistant Electoral Officer, Electoral Registration Officer and District Election Officer.
According to the West Bengal government, determination are presently astir 22 lakh out-migrants from the State successful antithetic parts of the country.
