Narendra Prasad Singh v. The Election Commission of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Voter-list correction writ, Patna High Court, CWJC No.2960 of 2026, decided 06-04-2026 by Justice A. Abhishek Reddy. Petitioner Narendra Prasad Singh v. Election Commission of India, Chief Election Commissioner, Chief Electoral Officer Bihar, and Electoral Registration Officer, Tirhut Teachers Council Constituency, Muzaffarpur. Petition disposed at admission with consent; fresh representation to ERO (Respondent No. 4) within two weeks; consideration and orders for voter-list correction with mandatory hearing and communication; rejection solely on ground of prior publication of final voter-list barred; completion preferably within 08 weeks; upheld objections entail deletion/addition of electors' names and publication of final voter-list. No statutes or precedent cases cited or discussed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of at admission with consent: petitioner to file fresh representation/objections before Respondent No. 4 (Electoral Registration Officer, Tirhut Teachers Council Constituency-cum-Divisional Commissioner, Trihut Division, Muzaffarpur) within two weeks; Respondent No. 4 to consider it and pass necessary orders for correction of the voter-list after affording the petitioner an opportunity of hearing and communicating the order; authority not to reject the objection solely because the final voter-list has already been published; exercise to be completed preferably within 08 weeks of receipt of the copy of the objection; if the objection is upheld, names of electors to be deleted/added and the final voter-list published.