Kolkata, Feb 9 || With a crucial hearing at the Supreme Court on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on Monday, uncertainty is persisting over the extension of the deadline for hearing on the claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in the state, hours after the deadline expired at 12 midnight of February 7.
Top officials from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, remained at their respective offices till late at night both on Saturday and Sunday, hoping for the intimation of the extension of the deadline from the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s headquarters in New Delhi.
However, the intimation on this count did not arrive. The CEO of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, submitted a formal request for a seven-day extension of the deadline on February 6. As of now, the final voter’s list is scheduled to be published on February 14.
Now it is to be seen whether that date will also be postponed or not, depending on the period of extension of the deadline for the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list.