KOLKATA, Feb. 9 -- West Bengal's final electoral roll after the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is likely to be published on February 28, the state's chief electoral officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said on Monday.

"We are trying our level best so that approval of the ECI (Election Commission of India) is obtained for allowing publication of the final electoral roll by February 28," Agarwal said.

The remarks came hours after the Supreme Court on Monday directed ECI to extend "by at least one week" the February 14 deadline for publication of Bengal's final electoral roll.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, justice Joymalya Bagchi and justice NV Anjaria directed ECI to extend the deadline from February 14, the scheduled da...