Jhuma Mondal v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

Item No.76 In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side 21.07.2023 Ct-24 WPA 17060 of 2023 Jhuma Mondal v.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Joy Chakraborty ...For the petitioner.

The petitioner contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023. She raises allegation with regard to the discrepancy in the total number of voters and the votes polled.

Complaint was lodged before the State Election Commission. There is no response to the same. Without going into the merits of the allegation made in the complaint dated July 16, 2023 filed by the petitioner, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondent no. 2 to consider and dispose of 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 16, 2023 along with all supporting documents to the aforesaid

respondent at the time of communicating the order of the Court.

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.)