Dismissed¶¶12
Balaji Madhavrao Pandagale v. the Returning Officer Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samities and Others
Bombay HCWP/4564/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 4564 of 2024, Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench, Arun R. Pedneker, J., decision dated May 02, 2024; dismissal of writ petition challenging order dated 13.9.2022 of District Judge-1, Kandhar disposing of Election Petition No. 1/2017; Zilla Parishad election term 2017-2022 already over; EVM machine idle; no meaningful purpose served by entertaining petition; impugned order not interfered with; petitioner Balaji Madhavrao Pandagale v. Returning Officer Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samities; advocates V.G. Kodale h/f V.D. Gunale.
What did the court decide?
Since the term of the Zilla Parishad election for the period 2017 to 2022 is already over, there is no point in keeping the EVM machine idle. ¶¶11