The Calcutta High Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by an Indian Army aspirant seeking issuance of a domicile certificate to enable him to participate in the second phase of the Army recruitment process.

The petitioner approached the court after the authorities allegedly refused to issue him a domicile certificate on the ground that his mother's name had been deleted from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Justice Krishna Rao agreed to hear the plea after the petitioner submitted that his father's name, however, continued to figure in the electoral rolls following the SIR exercise.

It was submitted that the petitioner had only just turned 21 years old, and his name had not yet been registered under the SIR.

Due to the non-issuance of the domicile certificate, the petitioner was unable to proceed further with the recruitment process.

Accordingly, the court listed the matter for hearing.