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The Election Commission has asked the West Bengal Chief Secretary to comply by February 17 with its directions, including payment of enhanced remuneration to BLOs and lodging of FIRs against errant officials who wilfully violated norms during the ongoing SIR exercise.
In a gathering with State Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty connected Friday (February 13, 2026) astatine Nirvachan Sadan, the Election Commission (EC) apical brass directed her to comply with the canvass authority's pending directions by 5.30 p.m. connected Tuesday, a functionary said.
The EC has pulled up the West Bengal authorities for not releasing the accrued honorarium for booth-level officers (BLOs) and the further outgo approved for the ongoing peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
In August past year, the canvass sheet had doubled the yearly remuneration of BLOs from ₹6,000 to ₹12,000 and raised the outgo for BLO supervisors from ₹12,000 to ₹18,000. It besides approved an honorarium for electoral registration officers (EROs) and adjunct electoral registration officers (AEROs).
Another cardinal contented is EC's directions to the State authorities to lodge FIRs against errant officials who "wilfully flouted" norms during the SIR process.
Ms. Chakraborty was called by the EC arsenic she took implicit arsenic the Chief Secretary successful January this year. West Bengal is acceptable to person Assembly elections successful the adjacent 2 months.
Besides, the EC apical brass besides wanted to sermon pending issues with her, the functionary added.
The canvass sheet had past twelvemonth asked the West Bengal authorities record cases against 4 officers. The authorities suspended them, and departmental proceedings had besides been initiated, but nary FIR was lodged against them.
