Delhi HC questions ECI on mandatory SIR duty for teachers

Delhi High Court questioned Election Commission of India (ECI) over making government school teachers mandatory for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duty as booth level officers (BLOs) and enumeration staff.

The court observed assignments should be voluntary, not mandatory, and noted teachers are not ECI employees.

Petition argued entire teaching staff withdrawn from schools, leaving classes to guest teachers or teachers from unrelated subjects, harming students' education.

The bench noted Supreme Court judgments may limit ECI's power to compel teachers under Article 324.

Case stems from ECI's July 14 order requisitioning teachers in Ambedkar Nagar for SIR work.