West Bengal, Jan. 9 -- The Additional Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal on Thursday granted certain groups of people an exemption from appearing personally in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings, particularly for students and other individuals who are temporarily residing abroad.

According to the directive from the Additional CEO to all District Election Officers, the exemption applies to the electors who are temporarily residing abroad for the purpose of study, official engagement, medical or any other purpose. Such individuals will not be required to be physically present during SIR hearings before Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) or Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) (Unmapped and logical discrepa...