High Court of KeralaWP(C)/31528/2015dismissed

R. Krishnakumar v. State Election Commission

2015-10-153 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.CHITAMBARESH THURSDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2015/23RD ASWINA, 1937 WP(C).No. 31528 of 2015 (M) ---------------------------- PETITIONER:

------------------ R. KRISHNAKUMAR, AGED 36, S/O. RAMACHANDRAN, DAKSHYANI MANDHIRAM, MARIYAPURAM, CHENKAL, MARIYAPURAM P.O. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT 695 122. BY ADV. SRI.S.JUSTUS RESPONDENT:

--------------------- STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER, KERALA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

BY SRI.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, SC,K.S.E.COMMISSION THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15-10-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

WP(C) NO. 31528/2015 APPENDIX PETITIONER(S) EXHIBITS EXHIBIT P1 :

TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 01.03.2013 ISSUED BY THE RESPONDENT.

EXHIBIT P2 :

TRUE COPY OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE NOMINATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER.

RESPONDENT(S) EXHIBITS : NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE.

V. CHITAMBARESH, J -------------------------------- WP(C) NO. 31528 OF 2015 ------------------------------------ Dated this the 15th day of October, 2015

JUDGMENT

The election process has commenced. The last date for accepting nominations is over. The nomination put in by the petitioner is under scrutiny. There is a constitutional bar to entertain this writ petition at this juncture. 2.

The petitioner also assails Ext.P1 order of disqualification. The order was passed as early as on 01.03.2013. More than 21⁄2 years have elapsed since then. The Writ Petition is highly belated.

The Writ Petition fails and is dismissed.

V. CHITAMBARESH JUDGE ncd