Pramod Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

Patna High Court CWJC No.8458 of 2016 (2) dt.12-05-2016

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8458 of 2016 ====================================================== Pramod Singh son of late Sheoji Singh, resident of village Rampur Khajuria P.s. Dumaria Ghat, District East Champaran at Motihari .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Patna.

2. Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Patna

3. The Bihar State Election Commission, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna through Secretary

4. The State Election Commissioner, State Election Commission, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna

5. District Magistrate-cum-District Election Officer, East Champaran, Motihari

6. District Panchayat Raj Officer, East Champaran, Motihari

7. Block Development Officer-cum-Election Officer 1⁄4 Panchayat 1⁄2 Kesharia, East Champaran at Motihari .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Syed Arshad Alam- SC3 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 12-05-2016 The petitioner questions the situs of the booth. In my opinion, in view of the discretion vested in the election authorities under Rule 26 of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Rules 2006 framed under the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006, no cause for interference with the situs of a polling booth is required unless it is found to be in violation of the statutory guidelines which is not the case in hand.

The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. Bibhash/- (Jyoti Saran, J) U