Sarfaraj Shah And ANR. v. The West Bengal State Election Commission And ORS.

Item No.21 In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side 20.09.2023 Ct-24 A.G.M.

WPA 16857 of 2023 Sarfaraj Shah & Anr.

v.

The West Bengal State Election Commission & Ors. Mr. Akash Ganguly ...For the petitioners.

Ms. Sonal Sinha Mr. Tarun Kumar Chatterjee Mr. Sujit Gupta Mr. Sayan Datta Mr. Soumen Chatterjee ...For the State Election Commission.

Mr. Santanu Kumar Mitra Ms. Rama Haldar ...For the State.

The matter relates to the Panchayat General Elections, 2023.

The petitioners allege corrupt practices and electoral offences on the day of the poll and at the time of counting.

The grievances of the petitioners are such that the same cannot be adjudicated by the Writ Court. It will be open for the petitioners to approach the competent forum for redressal, if permissible in law. The writ petition stands disposed of.

Report filed by the BDO, Panchla Block 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.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)