Manoj Kumar v. Kumar Saurav

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11814 of 2022 ====================================================== Manoj Kumar Son of Sakal Deo Sah Resident of Village and P.O. Kathmalia, P.S.- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

Kumar Saurav Son of Ashok Kumar Resident of Village and PO Sirauna, PS- Chiraiyya, District- East Champaran at Motihari, Presently Sarpanch, Sirauna Gram Panchayat, Block Chiraiyya, District- East Champaran at Motihari.

2.

Shobha Devi W/o Manoj Kumar Resident of Village and P.O. Kathmalia, PS- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. 3.

Rimi Devi W/oVishwaranja Kumar Resident of Village and PO Sirauna, PSShikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. 4.

Umesh Pandit Son of Chanu Pandit Resident of Village and PO Sirauna, PSShikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. 5.

Vikash Kumar Son of Munindra Kumar Resident of Village and POSirauna, PS.- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. 6.

Kamrul Hasan Son of Hassan Tauid Resident of Village and PO- Kathmalia, PS- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. 7.

Meena Devi W/o Shri Bhagwan Prasad Resident of Village and POKathmalia, PS- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. 8.

Saddam Hussain Son of Amruddin Hussain Resident of Village and PSShikarganj, PO- Sirauna, District- East Champaran at Motihari. 9.

Meraj Ahmed Son of Latif Resident of Village and PO- Kathmalia, PSShikarganj, District- East Champaran at Motihari. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Ranjan For the Respondent/s :

Mr.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State along with the learned counsel for the State Election Commission, Mr. Sanjeev Nikesh.

With going into the merits of the case, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the learned Trial Court to expedite

Patna High Court CWJC No.11814 of 2022(3) dt.01-05-2023 2/2 and dispose of the election petition No. 3 of 2022 expeditiously, preferably within a period of nine months if possible. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Court of learned Munsif Sikrahna Dhaka presently is vacant and the case is being heard by the learned Incharge Court.

The Court expects that since the matter is pending before the learned Incharge Court, the learned Incharge Court shall try to dispose of the case within the period aforesaid if possible in accordance with law.

At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the election petition, W.S. has been filed by the defendants. In the meantime, the learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects pointed out by the stamp report office within a period of one week from today. (Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U