Be sensitive, don’t create unbearable burden on teachers: Delhi High Court to poll body on SIR

5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 28, 2026 08:15 PM IST A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was dealing with a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the deputation of schoolteachers in the Ambedkar Nagar constituency for election-related work during school hours. (Image generated using AI)The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise should in the Capital must not “cause so much stress” to teachers that it leads to “unbearable burden”, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday as it questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) “over the language used in its order” to school principals. The court was referring to the order issued to ensure deployment of school teachers as SIR enumerators or block level offices (BLOs). A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhy