Sahina Praveen v. The State Of Bihar And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4811 of 2016 ====================================================== Sahina Praveen Wife of Md. Sakir resident of Village - Panishal, Police Station - Kishanganj in the district of Kishanganj. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayat Raj, Government of Bihar, Patna.
2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayat Raj, Government of Bihar, Patna.
3. The State Election Commission through its Secretary, Sone Bhawan, Patna.
4. The Secretary, State Election Commission, Sone Bhawan, Patna.
5. The District Magistrate-cum-Chief Election Officer, Kishanganj.
6. The Sub-Divisional Officer-cum-Election Officer, Kishanganj.
7. The Block Development Officer, Kishanganj. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance:
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate For the State E.C. : Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Advocate Mr. Sanjeev Nikesh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajit Pratap Singh, SC-15 Mr. Satyapal Singh, A.C. to SC-15 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 11-03-2016 Heard Mr. Sunil Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and Mr. Amit Shrivastava for the State Election Commission.
Although the grievance of the petitioner is plain and simple and that is for inclusion in the voter list of the Motihara Gram Panchayat under Kishanganj Block of the DistrictKishanganj but considering that it is the own admission of the petitioner that by virtue of having got married on 09.2.2016 that
Patna High Court CWJC No.4811 of 2016 (2) dt.11-03-2016 she claims a right to become a voter of the Panchayat concerned as well taking into consideration the statutory provisions underlying Section 126 of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 along with the guidelines which requires a person to be a resident of a village of not less than 180 days, the petitioner would fail on each of the grounds for grant of any such consideration.
The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. (Jyoti Saran, J) S.Sb/- U