'May need more than 1,000 judicial officers'
Kolkata, Feb. 25 -- West Bengal may need more than 1,000 judicial officers to adjudicate the six million pending cases of unmapped voters and logical discrepancies arising out of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, a senior official of the Election Commission said on Tuesday.
"At least 60,06,075 cases of unmapped voters and logical discrepancies are pending, which judicial officers need to dispose of. Around 250 judicial officers have started working since Monday afternoon. The state may need around 1,000 - 1,200 judicial officers to adjudicate the cases in time," the EC official said.
In a parallel development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday authorised the chief justice of the Calcutta high court to draw additional judicial manpower to complete the exercise "on a war footing". Apart from civil judges (senior and junior division) with at least three years' experience, the chief justice has been permitted to approach the chief justices of the Jharkhand and Orissa high courts to spare serving and retired judicial officers.
"While the final electoral roll will be published on February 28, as per the apex court's orders, supplementary rolls comprising names of voters disposed of by the judicial officers will be published even after the EC announces the election dates. Supplementary lists may be published until the last day of nomination and those voters whose names are in the final roll or in the supplementary rolls will be eligible to cast their vote," said the official.
Hours after the Supreme Court's order, the Calcutta high court on Tuesday evening cancelled all leaves of all the judges and other judicial officers....
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