The Supreme Court verbally observed on Wednesday that persons whose names were removed from the electoral rolls after the special intensive revision exercise in West Bengal would still be entitled to certain welfare benefits, including subsidised ration, Live Law reported.
The court, however, declined to entertain a plea challenging the suspension of the petitioner’s ration card following a June order issued by the West Bengal Department of Food and Supplies. It directed him to approach the Calcutta High Court for relief.
The June order links beneficiary status under the public distribution system and the state government’s Annapurna Yojana scheme to an individual’s classification after the special intensive revision exercise.
It also states that the ration cards of persons deleted from the voter list during the special intensive revision would be marked as inactive.
In his petition, Mohibulla Mondal also sought a direction that his supply of subsidised food grains continue until his appeal against his exclusion from the electoral rolls is decided by the appellate tribunal.
During the hearing, Chief Justice Surya Kant observed that deletion from the electoral rolls would not by itself deprive a person of certain welfare benefits.
“You are entitled to certain benefits,” Live Law quoted Kant as saying. “Go through jurisdictional High Courts, they will grant it."
The Supreme Court also requested the appellate tribunal...
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