Eklavya Kumar v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2566 of 2018 =========================================================== Eklavya Kumar, Son of Arun Paswan, resident of Ward No. 6, Vikram Sheela Nagar, P.S.- Kahalgaon, District- Bhagalpur.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through Chief Election Officer Mumglar Road, Patna.

2. The District Magistrate cum District Election Officer, Bhagalpur.

3. The Election Officer, Nagar Panchayat Kahalgaon, District- Bhagalpur.

4. Manoj Chaudhary, Son of Ganesh Chaudhary, ward Parshad Ward No. 15, P.S.-Kahalgaon, District - Bhagalpur.

.... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Rajiv Roy, GP-1 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 12-02-2018 In the present writ petition, the prayer of the petitioner is to set aside the candidature of respondent no. 4 who, according to the petitioner, has already successfully contested the election as Ward Councillor of Ward No.15 of Nagar Parishad Kahalgaon.

2. In view of the fact that the petitioner has a statutory remedy of filing an election petition in the matter, I am not inclined to entertain the present application under extra-ordinary

Patna High Court CWJC No.2566 of 2018 dt.12-02-2018 writ jurisdiction.

3. The writ petition is dismissed.

(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.) Sanjeet/- AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE NA Uploading Date 15.02.2018 Transmission NA Date