Gaffar Sk v. The Secretary Of West Bengal Election Commission And ORS.

SL 41 06.09.2023 AGM In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side W.P.A 17934 of 2023 Gaffar Sk -versus The Secretary of West Bengal Election Commission & Ors.

Mr. Imtiaz Kabir ... for the petitioner.

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

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

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

Mr. Lalit Mohan Mahata Mr. Ziaul Haque ... For the State.

The petitioner contested the Panchayat General Elections, 2023.

Allegation is that several illegalities took place on the day of the poll as well as on the day of counting. The documents annexed to the writ petition appears that an appeal for repoll was submitted on 21st July, 2023 The result of the election was declared on 11th July, 2023.

The offences which are sought to be highlighted constitute electoral disputes. The same cannot be looked into or decided by the writ Court.

In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in the instant writ petition.

The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed. It will be open for the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum, if permissible in law.

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

( Amrita Sinha, J.)