The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Election Commission’s response to a petition filed by the Kerala government seeking to postpone the revision of voter rolls in the state until after local body elections next month, Bar and Bench reported.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant, SVN Bhatti and Joymalya Bagchi posted the matter for hearing on November 26.

Local body polls in the state are due to be held in two phases on December 9 and December 11, with votes scheduled to be counted on December 13.

In its petition filed before the Supreme Court earlier this week, the Kerala government said that revising voter rolls and conducting the polls simultaneously will lead to an “ administrative impasse ” and disrupt the elections.

It added that the elections would require about 1.

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