India, April 7 -- Around 45% of the six million voters placed under a controversial logical discrepancy category are likely to be deleted after adjudication, West Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said on Monday, hours before rolls were frozen for the first phase of the assembly polls later this month.

The 19 tribunals - which were set up to hear the appeals of the people rejected by judicial officers during the adjudication process - are yet to become fully operational. The two Muslim-majority districts of Murshidabad and Malda have the highest number of voters under adjudication. The Supreme Court has refused to give a deadline to the tribunals.

"Judicial officers, appointed by the Calcutta high court, would dispose o...