New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Amid allegations of violence and threats to booth level officers (BLOs) conducting the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed reluctance to order that the state police be placed under the control of the Election Commission of India (ECI) or to deploy central armed forces until the revision exercise is completed. Observing that such an order, passed without adequate material, would create a precedent applicable to every state, the bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, underscored that ECI has a duty to protect BLOs and made it clear that any lack of cooperation from a state government would be a "valid cause of action" for the Commission to approach the top court for appropriate directions....