Amit Kumar Raj @ Tarun Kumar v. The State Election Commission Panchayat And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10641 of 2016 ====================================================== Amit Kumar Raj @ Tarun Kumar, son of Rameshwar Prasad Resident of village- Atwal Chak, P.O. Diha, P.S. Tharthari, District- Nalanda at Biharsharif.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
1. The State Election Commission ( Panchayat ), Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna through the State Election Commissioner.
2. The State Election Commissioner, The State Election Commission ( Panchayat ), Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna.
3. The Secretary, The State Election Commission ( Panchayat ), Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna.
4. The District Magistrate-cum- District Election Officer (Panchayat), Nalanda at Biharsharif, District- Naland at Biharsharif.
5. The Sub- Divisional Officer, Hilsa -cum-Returning Officer, District- Nalanda at Biharsharif.
6. Kapil Prasad, son of Bhagwat Mahto, Resident of village- Chainpur, P.O. Jaitpur, P.S. Chandi, District- Nalanda at Biharsharif. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar -Manglam, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sita Ram Yadav, GP-16 For SEC : Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Advocate Mr. Sanjeev Nikesh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 04-12-2018 By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing the result of election of Constituency No. 17 of Zila Parishad, Nalanda whereby the respondent no. 6 was declared elected.
2.
Section 137 of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 provides that the election to any office of a Panchayat or a Gram Katchahry shall not be called in question except by an
Patna High Court CWJC No.10641 of 2016 dt.04-12-2018 2/2 election petition.
3.
In view of availability of an efficacious statutory remedy to the petitioner for redressal of his grievance and the same having not been availed of, I am not inclined to entertain the present writ petition under extra-ordinary writ jurisdiction. Accordingly, it is dismissed.
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