The Election Commission on Friday set up 19 appellate tribunals for hearing appeals against the orders passed by judicial officers who were currently deciding on the eligibility of 60.06 lakh electors of West Bengal, who are placed under adjudication.Most of these tribunals have been set up in districts that border Bangladesh, including Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda, Alipurduar and Murshidabad.The EC’s decision comes as judicial officers appointed on orders of the Supreme Court on February 20 are deciding on whether 60.06 lakh electors flagged for adjudication during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls can remain on the rolls.The Supreme Court had ordered that as and when the judicial officers decide, supplementary lists of electors are to be published. Meanwhile, the EC has announced Assembly elections in West Bengal on April 23 and 29.As per the orders of the Supreme Court and recommendations of Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, the EC has set up the appellate authority, naming 19 former judges as the single-member tribunals for the 23 districts. While most of the judges were named for a single district, three were assigned multiple districts.The 19 former judges included former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, who was named the appellate authority for North 24 Parganas and Kolkata.“Consequent upon the publication of the supplementary electoral roll, appellant may file appeals against the orders passed by the designated judicial officers in accordance with this notification,” according to the poll panel’s order.The appeals can be filed either on the EC’s ECINET website or physically at the offices of the district magistrates or sub-divisional magistrates or sub-divisional officers, who are to digitise and upload the appeals on the ECINET platform, the poll body said.