Sahnawaz Alom v. The Secretary Of West Bengal Election Commission And ORS.

SL 35 06.09.2023 AGM In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side W.P.A 17916 of 2023 Sahnawaz Alom -versus The Secretary of West Bengal Election Commission & Ors.

Mr. Imtiaz Kabir ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Santanu Kumar Mitra Mr. Amartya Pal ... For the State.

Ms. Sonal Sinha Mr. Tarun Kumar Chatterjee Mr. Sujit Gupta Mr. Sayan Datta Mr. Soumen Chatterjee ...For the Election Commissioner.

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

The petitioner contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023.

The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition on 26th July, 2023 seeking re-poll.

Be it recorded that polling took place on 8th July, 2023 and result was declared on 11th July, 2023. Prayer for re-poll at such belated stage cannot be entertained.

The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed. Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously on compliance of usual legal formalities.

( Amrita Sinha, J.)