‘Orders cannot be changed every day’: SC refuses to hear pleas of poll workers excluded from Bengal electorate list

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a request seeking its intervention amid allegations that certain officials on election duty were left out of the electoral roll for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant told the petitioners to approach the appropriate appellate court, noting that the court cannot “change its order every day”.ANI quoted the CJI as saying during the hearing: “Please raise the issue to the Appellate Tribunal. We cannot change our orders every day.”However, during the proceedings, Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that regardless of whether they were able to vote in the current election, the court would examine the more important question of whether they continued to be included in the electoral roll.Counsel representing the petitioners argued that even individuals engaged in electoral duties were entitled to vote, prompting the court to hold that the matter should be resolved through prescribed legal mechanisms.The court also allowed freedom to approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to those who were excluded from the electoral roll in the Special Intensified Revision (SIR) exercise for the West Bengal elections.The bench headed by CJI Surya Kant further directed the appellate tribunal to grant out-of-sequence hearings in cases of excluded persons whose appeals are pending, especially in cases of urgency. “For those names excluded from the SIR and those who have appealed to the Court of Appeal, the court may hear the appeals out of order, particularly for appellants who can prove exigencies,” the court said.“The court noted that most of the issues had been resolved in the April 13 order and said: “We understand that issues may arise on a daily basis.”It further clarified that petitioners and stakeholders can approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court either administratively or judicially depending on the nature of the complaint.