The Supreme Court of India is set to hear a plea from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging a Calcutta High Court ruling that dismissed their petition against the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to deploy Central government and Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as counting supervisors for the upcoming vote count on May 4. The TMC argues that the ECI's directive, communicated on April 30, is without jurisdiction and inconsistent with practices in other states that held elections simultaneously. The Calcutta High Court had previously ruled that the ECI has the prerogative to appoint counting supervisors and assistants, emphasizing that the counting process is monitored by CCTV and includes various personnel to ensure transparency. The High Court also stated that any malpractice during the counting could be challenged in an election petition. The vote counting follows polling for the 294-member Bengal Assembly, which took place in two phases on April 23 and April 29.