Kolkata, February 26 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court held a meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer and top state officials on Thursday to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in West Bengal, in which judicial officers have been assigned.
The Supreme Court had on February 20 asked Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul to spare some judicial officers and find former judges to assist in the SIR work, as it took serious note of the state government not allocating enough Grade 'A' officers for the revision exercise.
The CJ held the meeting, the third in a week, with Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, Manoj Agarwal, the Chief Secretary, the Director General of Police, and other senior officials.
Sources said that the meeting was held to assess the progress of the ongoing process, in which judicial officers have been deputed to adjudicate claims and objections of individuals who are on the list of logical discrepancies and are facing removal of their names from the electoral rolls as per the Supreme Court directive.
Logical discrepancies in linking with the 2002 voter list include instances of a mismatch in the parent's name and the age difference between a voter and their parent being less than 15 years or more than 50 years.