Status: Not Approved
Some 200-odd judicial officers began the scrutiny of documents and final disposal of pending cases on Tuesday, amid minor software glitches and other technical issues. The last date of publication of the final electoral roll is February 28. Issuing an order on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said, “However, that being said, if the verification exercise undertaken in respect of ‘logical discrepancy/unmapped category’ remains incomplete as on 28.02.2026, the ECI may publish the final list followed by supplements to the final list. However, the foremost challenge is the scrutiny of documents and disposal of close to 60 lakh cases that were flagged as disputed by the micro observers and observers. The EC generated about 1.5 crore hearing notices under the ‘unmapped’ or ‘logical discrepancies’ categories. The EC deputed about 8,000 EROs/AEROs for conducting the hearing, uploading and scrutiny of documents, and final disposal. However, the micro observers and electoral roll observers found anomalies in about 60 lakh of a little less than 1.5 crore cases and sent them back to EROs/AEROs with the comment ‘need to review’. Disposal of all these cases, which is close to 40% of total cases, in such a short time before the elections is a monumental task for the judicial officers,” another Commission official said. The Supreme Court on Tuesday also directed that the documents notified by the EC on October 27 and the 2 documents mentioned in the earlier apex court order, namely Aadhaar Card as proof of identity and Madhyamik Admi Card, whether electronically updated or submitted physically with necessary proof of their submission on or before the cut-off date of February 14, only will be considered.
As a result, it is still uncertain when their training starts.
The process is being supervised by district-level committees comprising the District Judge, District Magistrate (DM), and Superintendent of Police (SP), according to senior district administrative officials. Once the portal becomes fully operational, we will begin work in full swing and aim to complete the process within the deadline set by the Supreme Court,” he said. “Technically, all cases were disposed of by the EROs/AEROs. The scrutiny is currently underway at the Barasat DM office, Barasat SDO office, and Barrackpore SDO office. “The functioning of the concerned portal and its technical aspects were discussed during a virtual conference.
District and Sessions Judge Santanu Jha stated that, in compliance with the Supreme Court’s directions, judicial officers have been assigned the responsibility of final scrutiny and disposal before the publication of the SIR list. Despite today’s Supreme Court order, it is still undecided how many judicial officers will come from outside the state to work in this state.