New Delhi, April 24 -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain pleas of election duty officers seeking intervention on the alleged exclusion from the voter rolls amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.

Counsel representing the petitioners informed the bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant that even persons engaged in election duty were being denied voting rights.

"Please raise the problem before the Appellate Tribunal. We can't change our orders every day," said the CJI.

Justice Joymalya Bagchi remarked that regardless of whether they will be able to vote this year or not, their more valuable right to remain on the rolls would be examined by the court.

The total number of voters in We...