Ratan Shil v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

SL 98 31.07.2023 AGM In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side W.P.A 17353 of 2023 Shri Ratan Shil -versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Lokenath Chatterjee Mr. Rahul Sarkar Ms. Dipika Sarkar Mr. Siddhant Srivastava Ms. Tatini Sengupta ...For the Petitioner.

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

The petitioner contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023.

He raises allegations with regard to the illegalities at the time of counting of the ballot papers. Complaint appears to have been lodged but at a delayed date. Accordingly, the prayer of the petitioner for consideration of the objection cannot be accepted. 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.)