India, March 2 -- The state board has urged the election authorities to exempt municipal teachers assisting in the Class 10 and 12 examinations in Mumbai from work on updating the voters' list ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.

While municipal teachers are typically appointed as booth-level officers (BLOs) to discharge various electoral duties, this time, they point out, Class 10 and 12 exams are underway, clashing with duties relating to the pre-SIR process.

The Mumbai division of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has raised the issue on behalf of the teachers. On February 26, Mumbai divisional secretary Jyotna Shinde-Pawar wrote to the state chief electoral offic...