Najrin Nehar v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

Item No.32 In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side 21.07.2023 Ct-24 WPA 16945 of 2023 Najrin Nehar v.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Shamim ul Bari Ms. Keya Sutradhar ... for the petitioner.

The petitioner contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023. She alleges rigging, booth capturing and damage of CCTV at the time of poll.

complaint was lodged before the Block Development Officer and the State Election Commission. The same is yet to be disposed of.

Without going into the merits of the allegation made in the complaint filed by the petitioner, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondent no. 7, Block Development Officer, Ratua - II to look into the complaint filed by the petitioner at the earliest, but positively within a period of ten days from the date of communication of a copy of this order.

reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the petitioner immediately thereafter. The learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to forward a copy of the complaint dated July 15, 2023 to the aforesaid respondent.

The Panchayat Returning Officer is directed to properly preserve the CCTV/Video footages and the ballot papers and to produce the same as and when called for.

The writ petition stands disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on usual undertaking. Sh. (Amrita Sinha, J.)