Days after the assembly elections concluded in West Bengal, former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam has resigned from Appellate Tribunal tasked to hear appeals arising out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State.

Justice Sivagnanam was among the 19 retired judges notified as appellate tribunals by the Election Commission of India (ECI) following directions of the Supreme Court in March.

According to The Indian Express, Justice Sivagnanam has now resigned from the post citing personal reasons.

The top court had earlier ordered deployment of judicial officers for adjudication of the claims of those people whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls by the ECI. It had also ordered appointment of retired judges to hear the appeals against the decisions of judicial officers.

Ahead of the elections, over 34 Lakh people had appealed against the judicial officers' decision to uphold their removal from electoral rolls.

Only a miniscule number of people received relief from the tribunals.

Pertinently, one contesting candidate, Congress' Motab Shaikh was cleared for inclusion in electoral rolls by Justice Sivagnanam. Shaikh eventually won the election from Farakka constituency, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Sudhir Chowdhury by more than 8,000 votes.

BJP is set to take over the reins of the State after defeating the All India Trinamool Congress in the elections.