India, Feb. 21 -- At least 294 serving and retired district judicial officers are likely to be deployed in West Bengal to dispose of around 4.5 million pending disputed voter claims during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the poll-bound state.

Chief justice of the Calcutta High Court Sujoy Paul held a meeting in this regard with senior officials of the state government and the Election Commission on Saturday.

"There are around 4.5 million pending cases, which need to be adjudicated by serving and retired district judges and additional district judges. We have proposed that at least 294 such judicial officers could be appointed, one for each of the 294 assembly constituencies, to dispose of the cases at the earliest," said...