The full-fledged judicial adjudication of claims and objections from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal will commence on Monday. 150 session judges appointed by the Calcutta High Court will kickstart the process. A total of 250 judicial officers, overseen by three-member committees in each district, will be involved in the system.
The process, starting with 150 session judges, will see the rest joining as needed. Each supervising committee will consist of a district judge, the district magistrate who is also the district electoral officer, and the district police officer. The focus will be on verifying cases categorized as ‘logical discrepancy’ cases by February 28.
The final voters’ list in West Bengal is set to be published on February 28, excluding voters’ documents referred to judicial officials for adjudication. Supplementary lists will follow. An emergency meeting in North Kolkata with judges and Election Commission representatives outlined the hearing procedure and document verification.
The briefing and training of judicial officers will be completed by Sunday night to start the full-fledged judicial adjudication of voters’ documents on Monday. Around 45 to 50 lakh voters’ documents, including those with ‘logical discrepancy’ cases and unusual family data from ‘progeny mapping’, are estimated for adjudication.
