New Delhi, May 2 -- The Supreme Court on Saturday refused to entertain a plea filed by the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) challenging the Election Commission of India's directive requiring at least one Central government officer to be appointed as counting supervisor at each counting table for the West Bengal Assembly results scheduled for Monday.

A special sitting bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi dismissed the apprehension of bias expressed by the AITC and said that during elections all officers are under the control of the poll panel, and the Commission cannot be faulted for acting contrary to any regulation in choosing officers from the state or central pool.

The April 13 ECI order under challenge specifies tha...