New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that it has complied with the court's directions on transparency in Bihar's electoral roll revision, publishing the booth-wise list of nearly 6.5 million voters whose names are missing from the draft rolls along with reasons for their exclusion. The move comes a day ahead of Friday's crucial hearing on petitions alleging large-scale deletions during the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise. In a compliance affidavit, the poll panel said: "That in light of the order passed by this Hon'ble Court, the booth-wise list of about 65 lakh persons whose names do not appear in the Draft electoral Roll has been published on the website of all 38 District Election Officers in the State of Bihar, along with reasons for their non-inclusion in the Draft Electoral Roll, i.e., whether it is on account of death, shifting of ordinary residence or duplicate entries." The Commission further stated that the lists have also been posted at Panchayat Bhavans, block development offices and panchayat offices. ECI also point to its outreach campaign to inform people about the online availability of the list. The filing follows the Supreme Court's August 14 interim order directing the commission to place the names of all excluded voters in the public domain by August 19, with details of whether the omission was due to death, migration, duplication, or other reasons. Stressing that "preparing electoral rolls was not a mere administrative formality but a process with direct implications for a citizen's franchise," a bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi had underlined that transparency was essential to bolster public confidence. The August 14 order had also directed that the lists be displayed in EPIC-based searchable format on the websites of all district electoral officers and the state's chief electoral officer, as well as at panchayat and block offices. The court further ordered that Aadhaar cards be accepted as valid proof for filing claims for inclusion in the final rolls. The controversy over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has snowballed into a political flashpoint ahead of the Bihar assembly polls later this year, with opposition parties in the INDIA bloc alleging that the revision could disenfranchise millions of legitimate voters and be replicated nationwide. The commission has defended SIR as necessary to update rolls that have not undergone intensive revision for nearly two decades. The West Bengal government, on the directions of the ECI, has suspended its three officials and a "casual staff" in connection with the alleged irregularities in the electoral roll revision, officials aware of the development said. They were accused of adding fictitious voters' names to the electoral roll and compromising data security. "Two EROs, one AERO and a data entry operator have been suspended. No FIR has been lodged against them yet," said an official aware of the development. The ECI, however, had set a deadline before the state government till 3 pm on August 11 to take actions against the officers. The state government, however, didn't suspend the officers, following which the state chief secretary was summoned by ECI to New Delhi on August 13....