Anjana Singha v. The West Bengal State Election Commission And ORS.

Item No.37 In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side 24.07.2023 Ct-24 WPA 17093 of 2023 Anjana Singha v.

The West Bengal State Election Commission & Ors. Md. Munta Khab ...For the petitioner.

Mr. Lalit Mohan Mahata Mr. Jagabandhu Roy ... For the State.

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

The petitioner contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023.

She alleges booth capturing, violence and rigging at the time of poll. Complaint was lodged on July 12, 2023. The same is yet to be considered.

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 State Election Commission 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 12, 2023 to the State Election Commission 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.)