158 08.10.2026 Ct. No. 42 Moumita WPA/22469/2026 KAFIL HOSSAIN VS THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS Adv. Firdous Samim Adv. Gopa Biswas Adv. Ayush Majumder Adv. Naman Shah … for the petitioner Adv. Anamika Pandey … for the ECI Adv. Arghya Mukherjee ….for the respondent nos. 1 to 6 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner having EPIC No. FKG3139888 has preferred an appeal against deletion of his name in the SIR process before the designated Appellate Tribunal. 2. The petitioner prays for expeditious disposal of the said appeal. 3. Learned counsel for the Election Commission of India submits that huge number of appeals pending before the learned Appellate Tribunal, are being disposed of on a day-to-day basis. 4. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 5. Considering the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Appellate Tribunal is requested to consider and dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order. 6. WPA 22469 of 2026 is disposed of. 7. There shall be no order as to costs. 8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities. (UDAY KUMAR, J.)