Deputy election commissioner Sudeep Jain will hold meetings with senior Bengal government officials, district magistrates and superintendents of police on Wednesday with the focus of the discussions expected to be on the steps taken for the error-free revision of electoral roll.

“The deputy election commissioner will be holding the meetings just two days before the electoral roll is published after revision. Earlier, the Election Commission had issued a series of guidelines for preparing an error-free electoral roll and it seems he will check whether the guidelines were followed,” said a senior government official.

According to officials aware of the development, Jain is likely to check with the district authorities whether they took all required steps while carrying out the revision of the electoral roll, which started from December 18. The electoral roll is scheduled to be published on January 15.

According to sources, the EC had laid stress on taking extra care while deleting names from the voter lists after Opposition parties, mainly the CPM and the Congress, expressed apprehensions saying names of eligible voters could be deleted by the ruling party suspecting they would not vote in its favour.

Anybody can apply to delete a voter’s name from the list citing that he/she does not live in the given address for more than six months. The district authorities can delete the voter’s name from the list if the complaint is found true, said the sources.

“It is important that the district authorities conduct a thorough inquiry and visit the address of the voter before deleting the name from the list. The voter should also be given enough chance to present his or her case before the authorities,” said a source.

The EC had made it clear a few weeks ago that the district authorities should send block development officers or joint BDOs to the address of the voter to inquire before initiating the process of deleting his or her name from the list.

“The deputy election commissioner is also expected to take stock of the law and order in the districts. It seems Jain’s visit is the prelude to the arrival of the full bench of the EC later in the month,” said a source.

According to the sources, the EC had also asked for the deletion of the names of all those against whom non-bailable warrants had been pending for more than six months by carrying out required steps such as asking them to the hearing.

“He (Jain) might also check how many such names were deleted. Also, he had earlier directed authorities to execute 50,000 non-bailable warrants. This time, he might ask the officers about the progress on this particular issue,” said an official.