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Sanjay Samdarshi v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

2018-12-04Mr. Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10681 of 2016 ====================================================== Sanjay Samdarshi son of Shri Mohan Prasad Singh resident of VillageDumri P.O. Naya Nandgala , P.S.- District-Purnia ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through District Magistrate, Purnia

2. The Bihar State Election Commission (Panchayat) through its Secretary, Sone Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Beerchand Patel Marg, Patna - 800001

3. The District Pandhayati Raj Officer, Purnia

4. The Block Development Officer, Dhamdaha, District- Purnia

5. Sub Divisional Officer, Dhamdaha.Purnia

6. The District Magistrate, Purnia

7. Smt. Sunita Devi wife of Shri Ashok Kumar Mandal resident of villagePurani Nand Gola, P.O. - Naya Nand Gola, P.S. - Tikapatti, Block- Rupouli, District- Purnia ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Binod Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Syed Arshad Alam, SC-3 ====================================================== 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 issuance of a direction to the respondents for quashing the result of election for area no. 19 of Mukhiya in Gram Panchayat Koili Simara (west) which was declared on 01.06.2016.

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 election petition.

Patna High Court CWJC No.10681 of 2016 dt.04-12-2018 2/2 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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