Tirthankar Mandal And ORS. v. The Chief Election Commissioner And ORS.

07.10.2024 Sl. No.45 Ct.3/ tkm W.P.A. 15448 of 2023 (Tirthankar Mandal & Ors. vs. Chief Election Commissioner & Ors.)

1. Nobody appears for the petitioners.

2. The perusal of the writ Petition shows that the Petitioners are working as Assistant Professor & Assistant Librarian at Krishna Chandra College. It is the case of the Petitioners is that as per the office order dated 16.02.2010 issued by the Election Commission of India, Group -A or senior Officials including the teaching staff of the Universities and colleges should not be assigned polling duties at the polling stations without recording specific reasons by the District Election Officers. It is the case of the Petitioners that vide the impugned orders, the District Election Officers deployed the Petitioner as Presiding officer for the election duty contrary to the said Officer order dated 16.02.2010. The Petitioners joined the training program organized by the Respondents. Thereafter they submitted a representation dated 27.06.2023 before the Respondent Authority. Being aggrieved by the inaction of the Respondents, the Petitioner preferred the present writ petition.

3. Since there was no appearance on behalf of the Petitioner, the present writ petition is dismissed in default.

(Gaurang Kanth, J.)