New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has approached the Supreme Court seeking an immediate halt to the Special Interim Revision (SIR) exercise currently underway in Kerala, arguing that it cannot be conducted simultaneously with the ongoing local body elections.

The petition stated that the State Election Commission has already notified the local body elections, which are scheduled to be held in two phases on December 9 and 11, while the draft roll following the SIR is to be published on December 4.

Conducting the SIR parallel to an active election process is contrary to established electoral practice and undermines the integrity and stability of the poll process, it said.

The IUML termed the poll panel's decisio...