EC Directs West Bengal to Cancel Transfer of 3 IAS Officers

• The Election Commission (EC) has ordered the West Bengal government to cancel the transfer of three IAS officers.
• These officers were deputed as electoral roll observers for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
• The EC stated that the transfers were made without its prior concurrence, violating its instructions.
• The officers involved are Asvini Kumar Yadav, Randhir Kumar, and Smita Pandey, assigned to various districts.
• West Bengal Chief Secretary has been asked to submit a compliance report by Wednesday afternoon.

Why It Matters: EC orders West Bengal to reverse IAS officer transfers, citing lack of concurrence for SIR observers.