New Delhi, July 22 -- The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the large-scale deployment of government, municipal and government-aided school teachers for Booth Level Officer (BLO) and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duties during the ongoing electoral roll revision exercise.

The matter was mentioned on Wednesday before Chief Justice Devender Kumar Upadhyaya by Advocate Rajesh Kumar Gogna.

Emphasising the urgency of the issue, Gogna submitted that the large-scale requisition of teachers during the academic session was seriously disrupting classroom teaching and affecting the education of lakhs of students. Taking note of the submission, the Chief Justice agreed to list the PI...