Tarak Chandra Naskar And ANR. v. The Secretary Of West Bengal Election Commission And ORS.

SL 91 31.07.2023 AGM In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side W.P.A 17341 of 2023 Tarak Chandra Naskar & Anr.

-versus The Secretary of West Bengal Election Commission & Ors.

Mr. Sabyasachi Chatterjee Mr. Sandipan Das Mr. Sayan Banerjee Mr. Badrul Karim Mr. Kiran Sk Mr. Dipankar Das Mr. Suman Sarkar ...For the Petitioners.

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

Mr. Tarun Kumar Chatterjee Mr. Sujit Gupta Mr. Sayan Datta Mr. Soumen Chatterjee ...For the Election Commissioenr.

Mr. Anuran Samanta ... For the respondent no. 3.

Mr. Dhiraj Trivedi Mr. Debapriya Samanta ... For the Union of India.

The petitioner contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023.

He raises several allegations with regard to the illegalities committed on the day of the poll and at the time of counting.

Objection was filed before the respondent authorities. The same is yet to be considered. It appears that the objection was lodged before the respondents long after the declaration of the results.

Accordingly, the prayer of the petitioners for consideration of the objection cannot be allowed. The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed. Dismissal of the writ petition will however not stand in the way of the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum by way of an election petition for redressal of her grievances, if so advised.

The CCTV/Video footages and the ballot papers in respect of the concerned constituency shall be properly preserved and be produced before the Court as and when directed.

Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously on compliance of usual legal formalities.

( Amrita Sinha, J.)