AIADMK workers in S.K. Mahal; he informed his advocate, who, in turn, informed the police and the police came and dispersed the crowd; at the end of counting of Round No.19, the Election Petitioner was in the lead; similarly, from Round No.2 to Round No.16 also, when cumulatively added, the Election Petitioner was leading; at the end of Round No.19, two persons, viz ., Lakshmi Narayanan and Saravanan of AIADMK were creating problem and so, the Returning Officer stopped the counting for fifteen minutes; at the end of the counting process, he made an oral request to the Returning Officer to re-count the postal votes, since the victory margin was less than the total number of postal votes; the Election Petitioner also gave a representation on that day, i.e., 19.05.2016, to the Returning Officer; the signature of the polling agents in Part I of Form 17-C relating to Ex.P.28 is not available and in Part I of Form 17-C (Ex.P.39), the signature of only one polling agent is available and that signature is not that of his party agent; in Part I of Form 17-C (Ex.P.40) relating to polling station no.261, signature of polling agents is not available. Marking of these documents were objected to by the learned counsel for the Returned Candidate on the ground that there were no pleadings to that effect in the election petition. In the cross-examination, R. Sivakumar (P.W.3) stated that he was not the polling agent of the Election Petitioner.
