Three out of 19 SIR tribunals vacant; ECI awaits names from Calcutta HC

Set up on March 21 following Supreme Court directions, the special tribunals were tasked with adjudicating disputes after millions of names were purged or contested during the SIR exercise. File | Photo Credit: PTI

At least three out of 19 apellete tribunals set up in West Bengal to settle disputes related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are vacant amid a massive pendency of appeals, as Election Commission of India (ECI) awaits names from the Calcutta High Court to appoint new persons.

ECI functionaries said "at least" three tribunals are without heads.

The Calcutta High Court will send names of retired high court judges to the West Bengal chief electoral officers, who in turn will notify their appointments to the three vacant tribunals.