The Supreme Court agrees to hear on Friday (November 21, 2025) Kerala Government’s petition seeking a deferment of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the State as the exercise clashes with the local body elections and would lead to a strain on human resources besides resulting in an “administrative impasse”.

In its petition, the State had said the conduct of the “cumbersome” SIR process from November 4 to December 4 would coincide with the elections to the local bodies in Kerala. The simultaneous conduct of both exercises would not only strain human resource but also create an “administrative impasse” with no personnel left to take care of the day-to-day functioning of the government.

The government said the simultaneous conduct would be a “near- impossibility”.

“The SIR is

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