KOLKATA: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, quashed two public interest litigations (PILs) filed by a Trinamool Congress leader challenging the decisions of the Election Commission of India's large-scale transfers of bureaucrats and police officers in West Bengal amid the two-phase Assembly elections in the state next month.
The case was argued in the court by the party's Lok Sabha member, Kalyan Banerjee, who served as the petitioner's counsel.
One of the two public interest litigations was related to the transfer of bureaucrats and police officers at the topmost level, like Chief Secretary, West Bengal Home Secretary, Director General of Police, Commissioner of Kolkata Police, and additional director general (law & order), among others.
The second public interest litigation was related to the transfer of bureaucrats and police officers on the lowest rung in the pyramid of general and police administration in the state, namely block development officers, who are also the returning officers and inspectors of police.