New Delhi: Taking note of a plea alleging extreme work pressure faced by booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in time-bound special revision of electoral rolls, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the states and union territories to consider deputing additional employees for reducing their working hours.

The top court was hearing an application by actor Vijay's party Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) seeking a direction to the poll panel to not take coercive actions under the Representation of the People Act against the BLOs for not performing the duty in a time-bound manner.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the submissions of senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the TVK, that some instructions are needed to be issued as

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