Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused an urgent SIR hearing, sought by a Bengal Police cop.“Will the department terminate you for the deletion of name (from the electoral list)? Has the department passed an order for termination? What is the urgency, you are doing your work?” Justice Krishna Rao observed. The cop’s lawyer submitted that her parents and other family members were on the 2002 as well as 2026 SIR lists. But the cop’s name was deleted after SIR apparently owing to a mismatch in her surname, which she changed after her wedding. She sought an urgent hearing, citing “unable to complete department work” as a reason.Justice Rao’s bench has been flooded with SIR matters, with many seeking urgent hearing. Many said they could not procure their caste certificates as their names were excluded from the electoral list.Justice Rao on Fridays takes up SIR matters, sometimes in a lot of 70 and 80 cases. Depending on the urgency, the appellate tribunals have been either requested to dispose of the case within two weeks or sometimes three months.Apart from the Bengal Police cop, an Indian Army aspirant and a nursing aspirant sought hearing. Justice Rao allowed urgent hearing for the Army aspirant, who needed a domicile certificate for the second phase of recruitment, slated for Sept 15 in Odisha. The certificate could not be issued to him as his name was missing from the electoral roll.
