Sushila Bai v. The State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 4606 OF 2019 Sushila Bai, W/o Daulat Ram, aged about 50 years, R/o Ward No.13, presently posted as Councilor of Ward No.13, Village- Guderdehi, District Balod (CG) ... Petitioner versus 1.

State of Chhattisgarh, through its Secretary, Department of Urban Administration and Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District Raipur (CG) 2.

The Collector, District Balod (CG) 3.

Nagar Panchayat, Gunderdehi, through Chief Municipal Officer, District Balod (CG) 4.

State Election Commission, Raipur (CG) ... Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Akhand Pratap, Advocate.

For Respondents 1 & 2 :

Ms. Sunita Jain, Govt. Advocate.

For Respondent No.4 :

Mr. Shivraj Singh, Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 16/12/2019 1.

Challenge in the present writ petition is to the notification dated 12.7.2019 (Annexure P-1) demarcating and determining the number of wards at Nagar Panchayat, Gunderdehi.

2.

The said notification was published in July, 2019 and the writ petition now is being filed after about six months on 5.12.2019. In between, the development that has transpired is the issuance of the notification for the local election, that was done on 25.11.2019.

3.

In the light of the subsequent development that the election program also being notified, this Court is of the opinion that it would not be proper at this stage to interfere with the determination of the wards by the respondents. The petitioner ought to have approached the Court at the appropriate time or at-least within a reasonable time well before the election program was notified. 4.

The writ petition thus fails and is accordingly dismissed. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) /sharad/ JUDGE