Jaymanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

Patna High Court CWJC No.6787 of 2016 (2) dt.29-04-2016

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6787 of 2016 ======================================================

1. Jaymanti Devi W/o Rajendra Das, resident of village- Marui, TolaChamar Toli, P.S.- Roh, District- Nawada .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Bihar, Patna

2. The State Election Commission, through its Commissioner, Sone Bhawan

3. The District Magistrate-cum-District Election Officer, Nawada

4. Deputy District Election Officer, Nawada

5. District Panchayat Raj Officer, Nawada

6. The Sub- Divisional Officer, Rajauli, Nawada

7. The Block Development Officer, Roh-cum-Returning Officer, Marui Gram Panchayat .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Yogesh Chandra Verma, Senior Advocate and Mr. Javed Aslam, Advocate For the Respondent State: Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma, Advocate For the Respondent Election Commission: Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE ) 29-04-2016 Heard Mr. Yogesh Chandra Verma, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma, learned Counsel, appearing for the State respondents. Heard also Mr. Amit Shrivastava, learned Counsel for the State Election Commission. Considering the fact that the election to the Panchayat, in question, is scheduled to be held on 02.05.2016 and this writ petition, which has been made under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, in the form of Public Interest Litigation,

Patna High Court CWJC No.6787 of 2016 (2) dt.29-04-2016 seeks shifting of polling Station No. 50 from Primary School, Manpur to Marui Gram Panchayat, Roh Block of Nawada, we are of the view that considering the paucity of time, new arrangements would be required to be made in case the polling booths are to be re-allocated, which would not be in public interest. In view of the above, we close this writ petition with liberty given to those, who may have been adversely affected, to take recourse to appropriate provisions of law. (I.A. Ansari, ACJ) (Nilu Agrawal, J) A.I./- U