Seraj Ali And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

SL 39 06.09.2023 AGM In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side W.P.A 17931 of 2023 Seraj Ali & Anr.

-versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Habibur Rahaman ... for the petitioners.

Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay Mr. Arka Kumar Nag ... for the State.

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

The petitioners contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023.

Prayer has been made for providing adequate police protection on the day of the poll and on the day of the counting.

The writ petition was affirmed on 25th July, 2023, that is, long after the poll and declaration of result. The writ petition appears to be absolutely misconceived and liable to be dismissed.

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.)