Patna High CourtL.P.A/1631/2016dismissed

Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

2017-07-04The Chief Justice,Mr. Justice Dr. Anil Kumar Upadhyay2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.1631 of 2016 IN Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 10362 of 2016 =========================================================== Santosh Kumar Son of Shri Sukhdeo Prasad Mandal Resident of village - Tahsoor, P.S. Jagdishpur, P.O. Chandpur, District - Bhagalpur .... .... Appellant/s

Versus

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

2. The State Election Commission through its Commissioner, State Election Commission Bihar Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna

3. The Secretary, State Election Commission Bihar Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna

4. The Deputy Secretary State Election Commission Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna

5. The District Magistrate - Cum - District Election Officer, Panchayat Bhagalpur, District Bhagalpur

6. The District Panchayat Raj officer Bhagalpur, District Bhagalpur

7. The Block Development officer, Jagdishpur Block, District - Bhagalpur .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Adv For the Respondent No. 2 to 4 : Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Adv Mr. Girish Pandey, Adv For the State : Mr. Vasant Vikash, A.C to G.P-12 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE And HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) Date: 04-07-2017 In view of the fact that the election to the post in question are already over and with regard to the issue in question about reservation of the post, the learned Writ Court has relegated the

Patna High Court LPA No.1631 of 2016 dt.04-07-2017 2/2 petitioner to take recourse to the statutory remedy available by filing an election petition, we see no reason to make any indulgence to the matter.

The appeal is dismissed.

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