The Kerala High Court on Friday refrained from entertaining a petition by the government seeking deferment of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls and said it was open for the state to move Supreme Court or to approach this court depending on the outcome of the petitions pending before the apex court.

The Kerala government has moved the High Court seeking that the SIR be deferred in the state till completion of the local body elections on December 13. The Election Commission of India, conducting the electoral revision, and the State Election Commission, managing the local body election process, were arraigned as the respondents in the petition.

Considering the plea, the bench of Justice VG Arun asked how can the petition be entertained when the validity of the SIR

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