Kolkata, Feb 20 (NationPress) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stated on Friday that the Supreme Court's directive mandating the deployment of both current and retired judicial officers to supervise the evaluation of claims and objections related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the election-bound West Bengal represents a significant setback for the administration led by Mamata Banerjee.

In a message shared on his social media account, BJP’s Information Technology Cell head and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, remarked that the Supreme Court's ruling would facilitate judicial oversight and deter purported attempts to undermine the electoral roll revision process.

Malviya indicated that the introduction of judicial officers would replace administrative personnel operating under district magistrates, who also function as district electoral officers (DEOs), and who, he alleged, had sanctioned cases with incomplete, illegible, or missing documentation.

“The Court has instructed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to assign serving judicial officers, along with former officers in the ranks of Additional District Judge or District Judge, to reassess and resolve pending claims categorized as ‘logical discrepancies’. Each judicial officer will receive assistance from micro observers from the Election Commission of India (ECI), ensuring transparency and accountability,” Malviya elaborated.

He further claimed that there are currently 4,66,323 documents awaiting verification by district electoral officers (district magistrates), while approximately 30 lakh documents are still pending with electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) for re-verification. He noted that decisions on submissions from nearly 20 lakh voters remain unmade.

According to Malviya, district magistrates and sub-divisional officers had allegedly postponed the examination of documents and retained original submissions pending, which he asserted could have permitted approvals without appropriate verification or documented justification.

“All these cases will now undergo judicial review and supervision,” he stated.

Malviya also mentioned that the Supreme Court’s directive guarantees that the final electoral rolls will be published as planned on February 28, followed by the Election Commission issuing supplementary lists to include decisions made during the adjudication process.

“The carefully devised plans of the compromised Mamata Banerjee administration are beginning to unravel. As judicial officers, supported by ECI observers, scrutinize the outstanding documents and objections submitted through Form 7, accountability will finally be enforced. The integrity of West Bengal’s electoral rolls will now be reinstated under judicial supervision,” he added.

The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is being conducted ahead of the forthcoming elections in West Bengal, with authorities reviewing claims, objections, and discrepancies to guarantee accuracy and transparency in the voters’ list.