The Supreme Court was on Tuesday told that only 7 lakh out of 38 lakh appeals before special intensive revision tribunals in West Bengal were against deletions from the electoral rolls, while 31 lakh applications were challenging inclusion in the list, The Telegraph reported.The appeals against inclusion were filed by the Election Commission and individual objectors, lawyer Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioner West Bengal Congress leader Prasenjit Bose, told the court.Sankaranarayanan demanded before a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant that the tribunals should be directed to prioritise the appeals of those deleted from the rolls, The Telegraph reported.The lawyer pointed out that out of nearly 83,000 appeals that were disposed of, tribunals allowed voters to be included in the electoral rolls in more than 75,000 cases, which meant that over 90% of the decided appeals had been ruled in favour of the voters.In this backdrop, Sankaranarayanan demanded that tribunals should prioritise appeals of those who had been excluded from voters, noting that there was a “track record” of voters being directed to be included eventually, Live Law reported.The advocate further suggested that appeals from Kolkata and Howrah in particular be given priority, as municipal elections in the two cities are expected to take place in December.Sankaranarayanan told the court that the information was part of a Right to Information response provided by the state chief electoral officer to Congress MP Isha Khan Choudhury.The advocate contended that there was no need to set up additional tribunals if the appeals against deletions are prioritised, Live Law reported. He argued that those appealing against inclusions had other remedies under the Representation of the People Act, which they could use instead of burdening the tribunals.The Supreme Court then directed the Election Commission to file an affidavit stating the number of appeals pending before tribunals, a break-up of appeals filed by excluded persons and those against inclusions, and actions taken in response to the applications.The special intensive revision of voter rolls in West Bengal was carried out before the Assembly elections in April.Final rolls published in February initially excluded more than 61 lakh voters, with the process continuing through supplementary lists and adjudication of about 60 lakh “doubtful and pending” cases.By April 6, about 91 lakh voters, nearly 11.9% of West Bengal’s electorate before the revision process began, had been removed from the electoral rolls.Since the nationwide exercise began, concerns have been raised that the revision could eliminate genuine voters from the rolls and even shape electoral outcomes, as Scroll has reported.Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.