Ishwar Dutt Bhardwaj & ORS v. State Of Haryana & ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7576 of 2016 Date of Decision: April 26, 2016 Ishwar Dutt Bhardwaj and others ....Petitioners versus The State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT.

HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.B.CHAUDHARI.

--- Present: Mr.P.K.Ganga, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Vishal Garg, Additional AG, Haryana.

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1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?

3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion to respondent Nos.1 to 4 only at this stage.

Mr.Vishal Garg, learned Additional Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on their behalf. Let four copies of the writ petition be supplied to learned State counsel during the course of day failing which this order shall be automatically recalled and the writ petition shall be deemed to have been dismissed for non-prosecution. In view of the nature of order which we propose to pass, it is not necessary to seek any counter-reply from respondent Nos.1 to 4 or to serve respondent No.5 at this stage as no order on merits prejudicial to its interest is being passed.

MOHINDER KUMAR 2016.05.03 10:03 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CWP No.7576 of 2016 [2] The petitioners are residents of Sector-19, Part-2, HUDA, Kaithal, which is said to be a part of Ward No.10 of Municipal Council, Kaithal. They allege that about 700 bogus voters have been included in the voter list of Ward No.10 as all those persons are neither residents of the Sector nor have requisite proof for inclusion in the voter list. The petitioners are said to have submitted their representations followed by reminder dated 18.04.2016 against the above-stated voter list but finding no action in response thereto, the instant writ petition has been filed.

Having regard to the petitioners' allegations of inclusion of large scale bogus voters in the voter list, we dispose of this writ petition without expressing any views on merits, with a direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal to call for the records and verify the petitioners' assertions. If there is any substance in the allegations, the State Government as well as the State Election Commission, Haryana are directed to carry out necessary correction before the elections of Municipal Council, Kaithal are held.

Ordered accordingly.

Dasti.

[SURYA KANT] JUDGE April 26, 2016 [A.B.CHAUDHARI] mohinder JUDGE MOHINDER KUMAR 2016.05.03 10:03 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh