Umesh Paswan v. The State Election Authority ,Bihar And ORS

Patna High Court CWJC No.19918 of 2014 (2) dt.16-02-2016

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19918 of 2014 ======================================================

1. Umesh Paswan son of Late Ishwar Paswan, Resident of Village- Tajpur, P.S. Tariyani, District- Sheohar .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State Election Authority, Bihar, Patna through the Secretary,

2. The Chief Election Officer, the State Election Authority, Bihar, Patna

3. The District Election Officer, Sheohar, District- Sheohar

4. The Returning Officer, PACCS Election Tariyani Block-cum- Block Development Officer, Tariyani, District- Sheohar

5. The Sitamarhi Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., District- Sitamarhi through the Managing Director

6. The Managing Director, The Sitamarhi Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Sitamarhi, District- Sitamarhi

7. The Branch Manager, The Sitamarhi Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Sheohar Branch, District- Sheohar

8. Sri Krishna Kumar Rai, son of Ram Hirdya Rai, Resident of VillageKumharar, P.O. Ganga Dharampur, P.S. Tariyani, District- Sheohar .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 16-02-2016 The petitioner seeks to raise election dispute by way of a writ petition which in view of the provisions underlying Section 14A (6) of the Cooperative Societies Act read with Section 10 of the Bihar State Election Authority Act, 2008 lies before the authority prescribed under the enactments and not by way of writ petition.

The writ petition being misconceived is disposed of accordingly.

Bibhash/- (Jyoti Saran, J) U