Calcutta HC CJ meets CEO, officials on SIR work

Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on Monday held an internal coordination meeting with West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and senior administrative and police officials over the SIR work entrusted to judicial officers, officials said.

Chief secretary, home secretary and DGP were among those present at the meeting.

Speaking to reporters after the nearly hour-long meeting, CEO Manoj Agarwal described it as an “internal meeting”. He said training of judicial officers on the online portal for the SIR of electoral rolls in the state was completed on Monday morning, and the exercise has already commenced in several places.

“There were some teething problems regarding OTPs, but these have been overcome,” Agarwal said.