The Trinamool Congress on Monday (February 9, 2026) welcomed the intervention of the Supreme Court in the case involving Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and called it a big victory for the State.
The Supreme Court said micro observers appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) cannot take decisions and directed the West Bengal government to make Group B officers available for the SIR. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who appeared before the top court in person on February 4, had said that micro observers had been engaged only in West Bengal and not in any other State where the SIR exercise was under way.
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The top court has asked the ECI to extend the deadline for the claims-and-objections phase of the West Bengal SIR for a week beyond the current deadline of February 14.
“The Hon’ble Supreme Court has delivered a stinging rebuke to @ECISVEEP’s arbitrary overreach. In unequivocal terms, the Court has ordered that micro-observers can only assist EROs/AEROs and that final authority rests solely with EROs. Further, the Court has directed that 8,505 Bengal officials be tagged to EROs to support the SIR process,” the Trinamool Congress posted on social media.
