New Delhi, March 11 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the constitution of appellate tribunals comprising former chief justices and judges of high courts to hear appeals from voters excluded during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, even as it expressed dissatisfaction with both the petitioners and the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the manner in which the contentious exercise is unfolding. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi permitted the chief justice of the Calcutta high court to nominate former chief justices and judges of high courts, preferably from the Calcutta HC, to serve on these appellate tribunals. Once the names are recommended, ECI will formally notify them as appellate bodies to hear challenges to decisions taken by judicial officers currently adjudicating claims and objections in the revision process. The direction came after the court was informed that more than one million claims and objections have already been decided by judicial officers deployed for the exercise. According to a communication from the Calcutta HC chief justice placed before the bench, around five million claims and objections are being examined in the exercise, with nearly 500 judicial officers from West Bengal working alongside around 200 judicial officers requisitioned from Jharkhand and Odisha. The court noted that the officers were working "day and night" to process the large volume of claims arising from the revision process. However, the bench also directed ECI to immediately resolve logistical issues affecting the deployment of judicial officers. The communication from the Calcutta HC chief justice indicated that login IDs required for accessing the verification portal had not yet been generated for the 200 officers from neighbouring states. The court directed ECI to provide full logistical and technical support to the chief justice of the Calcutta high court to ensure the smooth continuation of the exercise. The court's decision to create appellate tribunals follows concerns raised by petitioners, which included Trinamool Congress leaders and some West Bengal residents, about the absence of an independent forum for persons whose claims are rejected by the judicial officers overseeing SIR....