Pankaj Narayan @ Pankaj Sharma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19121 of 2021 ====================================================== Pankaj Narayan @ Pankaj Sharma Son of Late Uday Narayan Singh Resident of Village- Raghunathpur, Devi Asthan, P.S.- Khiri More, District- Patna. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar Through Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The Director Department of Panchayati Raj, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Commissioner State Election Commission, Bihar, Patna. 4.

The District Magistrate-cum- Returning Officer Patna, District- Patna. 5.

Chiranjeev Pandey Block Development Officer-cum- Election Officer, Paliganj, District- Patna.

... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocate Mr. Aditya Pandey, Advocate Mr. Shyam Kishore, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Ajay (GA-5) Mr. Girish Pandey, Advocate Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Advocate Mr. Sanjeev Nikesh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MADHURESH PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH) 17-05-2022 The petitioner is seeking direction to produce CCTV footage and slip of the EVM Machine showing the details of votes cast in favour of each of the candidates for election for the post of Mukhia, Mera-Patauna Panchayat, in the district of Patna.

It appears from the pleadings on record that the

Patna High Court CWJC No.19121 of 2021(2) dt.17-05-2022 2/2 petitioner is seeking the relief for the purpose of raising an election dispute.

This writ application, in our opinion, is thoroughly misconceived, which is accordingly dismissed. (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) ( Madhuresh Prasad, J) K.K.RAO/- U