Angad Kumar Ojha v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10731 of 2016 ====================================================== Angad Kumar Ojha Son of Late Govind Ojha Resident of village - Udhadih, P.S. Sultanganj, District - Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar, through the Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Patna

2. The District Magistrate - Cum - District Election Officer, Bhagalpur

3. The Block Development Officer - Cum - Block Election Officer, Sultanganj Block, District Bhagalpur

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

5. The Secretary State Election Commission, Bihar, Patna

6. Sanjeev Kumar Suman, Son of Radhakant Singh, P.S. Panchayat Vheerkhurd, Village - Chaturchak Ward No. 3 Block Sultanganj District Bhagalpur ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Ojha, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Mithilesh Pathak, SC-7 ====================================================== 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 setting aside the result of respondent no. 6 who has been declared as Mukhiya.

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.

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

Patna High Court CWJC No.10731 of 2016 dt.04-12-2018 2/2 entertain the present writ petition under extra-ordinary writ jurisdiction. Accordingly, it is dismissed.

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