Overview
- Five joint secretary–rank IAS officers were deployed as Special Roll Observers across West Bengal’s Presidency, Midnapore, Burdwan, Malda and Jalpaiguri divisions to oversee the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision.
- A new duplicate-voter identification feature has been added to the Booth Level Officer app in West Bengal to help verify suspected duplicates using cross-checks such as address and date of birth.
- West Bengal authorities report over 56 lakh entries flagged as dead, shifted, untraceable or duplicate based on digitised enumeration forms, with accuracy verification now a stated priority.
- In Uttar Pradesh, four IAS officers were appointed as Special Roll Observers to monitor division-wise compliance and field work during the revision process.
- The enumeration phase runs to December 11, with draft rolls due December 16 and final rolls on February 14, 2026, as the Supreme Court orders states to add or replace Booth Level Officers and Parliament opens a structured debate on the SIR exercise.