Mostari Banu & Ors v Election Commission of India & Ors, with connected petitions including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury v Election Commission of India

Supreme Court directs West Bengal to ensure officers report for SIR duty

In the West Bengal SIR proceedings, the Supreme Court directed the State to ensure that officers assigned to the Commission for the Special Intensive Revision actually report for duty, after complaints of officers not showing up. This order preceded, and set up, the Court's fuller 20 February 2026 direction deploying judicial officers including retired judges.

This order is described only in passing, inside reporting on the later 20 February order, which is already recorded as sir-rules-wb-judicial-adjudication. No dedicated report of the 9 February order itself was found; its own bench and full text are unconfirmed. Flagged in gaps as needing a primary source.

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