This Court rejected a writ petition challenging the deletion of the petitioner's name from the voter list of a Gram Panchayat. The Court held that the deletion was lawful as the petitioner's name already existed in another Panchayat's voter list without prior deletion, rendering simultaneous voting impermissible.
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NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
WPC No. 61 of 2020
Devcharan Sahu S/o Shri Kodu Ram Sahu Aged About 64 Years R/o Village - Pachri, Tehsil Tilda, Sub Tehsil Kharora, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondents
| For Petitioner | : | Mr. Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani , Advocate |
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| For State | : | Mr. Ishan Verma, Panel Lawyer |
| For respective Respondent | : | Mr. Aman Tamboli,Advocate |
Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board
07/01/2020
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from the voter list of village Pachri, Tehsil Tilda, District Raipur. It is relevant at this juncture to mention that this Court while disposing of the earlier writ petition had categorically held that the writ petition also was not maintainable in the light of the judgments of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reported in 1995 MPLJ 67 (Khumano Bai v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.) and 1998 (2) JLJ 328 (Anjana Mulkawar v. State of M.P. & others) and also a recent judgment of this High Court in WPC No. 3540/2019 (Manoj Kansari v. State of Chhattisgarh) decided on 02.12.2019.
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Ward No.13 at Nagar Panchayat Kharora, this fact is also not in dispute.
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be permitted to take advantage of having his name reflected at two places for exercising his right to franchise.
Sd/(P. Sam Koshy) Judge
Ved
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the Additional Collector erred in law by deleting the petitioner's name from the voter list without providing a mandatory opportunity of hearing.
Whether the petitioner is entitled to vote from two different Gram Panchayats simultaneously under the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Election Regulations.
Whether there was an illegality in the decision to delete the petitioner's name given that his name was already reflected in the voter list of another Ward in a different Panchayat.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
Khumano Bai v. State of Madhya PradeshReferred¶21
1995 MPLJ 67 (Khumano Bai v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.)
Anjana Mulkawar v. State of M.P.Referred¶21
1998 (2) JLJ 328 (Anjana Mulkawar v. State of M.P. & others)
Manoj Kansari v. State of ChhattisgarhReferred¶21
WPC No. 3540/2019 (Manoj Kansari v. State of Chhattisgarh)
Devcharan Sahu v. State of ChhattisgarhReferred¶19
WPC No. 18/2020 (Devcharan Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.)
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Devcharan Sahu
State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Urban Administration
State Election Commission State Of Chhattisgarh
District Election Officer Raipur / Collector, Raipur
Smt. Padmini Bhoi Sahu
Returning Officer (Panchayat) Tilda Nevra / Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) Tilda
P. Sam Koshy
As recorded by the court registry
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