Sudhir Kumar Jha v. The Bihar State Election Commission And ORS

Patna High Court CWJC No.6692 of 2016 (2) dt.13-04-2016

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6692 of 2016 ====================================================== Sudhir Kumar Jha, S/o Late Sita Ram Jha, Resident of Village + P.O. - Basauli, P.S. - Rahika, District - Madhubani. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The Bihar State Election Commission, Patna.

2. The District Magistrate, Madhubani.

3. The Block Development Officer, Block - Rahika, District - Madhubani.

4. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Basauli, P.S. - Rahika, District - Madhubani.

.... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prashant Kumar For the Respondent/s : Mr. Nawal Kishore Singh, SC-2 For the Respondent-SEC : Mr. Amit Shrivastava Mr. Sanjeev Nikesh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 13-04-2016 Heard the parties.

The petitioner complains of infirmity in the voter-list and submits that he has filed a representation present at Annexure-1 which is dated 9.3.2016.

Mr. Amit Shrivastava, learned counsel appearing for the State Election Commission informs that the voter-list was published in January, 2016 and the last date for filing objection was 25.1.2016 and since the objection was not filed within the prescribed date, hence it is not acted upon by the prescribed authority. I am in agreement with the submission advanced by Mr. Shrivastava.

The writ petition is dismissed.

(Jyoti Saran, J) SKPathak/- U