Dr. Archana Majumdar v. Wb State Elec. Com. And ORS.
Item No.4 In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side 19.06.2023 Ct-24 WPA 14333 of 2023 Dr. Archana Majumdar v.
The West Bengal State Election Commission & Ors. Mr. Srijib Chakraborty Mr. Suryaneel Das Mr. Aditya Mondal ... for the petitioner.
Md. Sk. Galib Mr. Gourav Das ... for the State.
Mr. Ashoke Kumar Chakraborty, Ld. ASG Mr. Tirtha Pati Acharyya ... for the Union of India.
Ms. Sonal Sinha Mr. Sanjukta Samanta Mr. Asish Dutta Mr. Sayan Dutta ... for the State Election Commission.
Learned advocate representing the petitioner submits that in terms of the direction passed by the Court on June 16, 2023, out of 62 candidates 41 candidates were permitted to file their nominations; out of which nominations stood rejected and candidates could not file the Form-'B'.
Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that 21 candidates who submitted their nominations in respect of Sandeshkhali Block-1 be permitted to file the Form-'B'.
Learned advocate representing the State Election Commission has obtained instruction from the Panchayat Returning Officer and the Sub-Divisional Officer, Basirhat, North 24 Parganas signed on June 19, 2023 that the number of DCR booked were 38, but the total nominations filed were 35, out of which 21 nominations were filed from the Sandeshkhali Block-1. The respondent authority permitted the candidates to deposit the amount and obtain the DCR till 4 p.m. It took approximately four hours to complete the receiving process and the final count of receiving nominations came to 35.
As it appears that the direction of the Court has been substantially acted upon, accordingly, there is no requirement of proceeding with the writ petition any further.
The writ petition stands disposed.
Instruction given by the respondent authority be retained with the records.
Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously on compliance of usual legal formalities.
Sh (Amrita Sinha, J.)