Lalita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20054 of 2021 ====================================================== Lalita Devi Wife of Rajendra Prasad Singh, Resident of Village-Sandesh, Police Station-Sandesh, District-Bhojpur (Ara). ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through Bihar State Election Commission, Sone Bhawan, IIIrd Floor, R. Block, Patna.

2.

The Bihar State Election Commission, Sone Bhawan, IIIrd Floor, R. Block, Patna.

3.

The District Magistrate-cum Election Officer, Bhojpur, Ara. 4.

The Sub-Divisional Officer, Ara, Bhojpur.

5.

The Block Development Officer-cum-Election Returning Officer Sandesh, Bhojpur.

6.

The Circle Officer-cum-Election Presiding Officer Sandesh, Bhojpur. 7.

The Station House Officer Sandesh.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gopal Govind Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Kameshwar Pd. Gupta (GP10) ====================================================== 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 attempting to raise an election dispute in relation to Panchayat Election held in 2021. He has grievance relating to enquiry of the pending representation of the petitioner to cancel the voting of Surungapur booth No. 33 and booth No. 32.

In our opinion, this writ application raising election dispute does not deserve to be entertained in the facts and

Patna High Court CWJC No.20054 of 2021(2) dt.17-05-2022 2/2 circumstances of this case, in view of the provision under Article 243 O of the Constitution and Section 138 of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 read with Rule 106 of the Bihar Panchayat Election Rules, 2006.

This writ application is accordingly dismissed. (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) ( Madhuresh Prasad, J) K.K.RAO/- U