A writ petition seeking quashing of a Sarpanch election was disposed of. The court declined to entertain the plea due to the availability of a statutory election petition remedy, directing the Election Tribunal to decide any filed petition within six months.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
Civil Writ Petition No.2681 of 2016 Date of Decision: February 10, 2016
Partap Singh and others
....Petitioners
versus
State of Haryana and others .....Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJ MOHAN SINGH.
Present: Mr.Yogesh Chaudhary, Advocate, for the petitioners.
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Surya Kant, J. (Oral)
The petitioners seek quashing of election for the office of Sarpanch of Village Rohad, Tehsil Safidon, District Jind, held on 10.01.2016. They also seek a direction to the official respondents for conducting fresh polls.
Since there is a statutory remedy of election petition available to the petitioners for which the Civil Court is notified as Election Tribunal, we decline to entertain this writ petition and relegate the petitioners to the above-stated alternative remedy. However, taking into consideration the totality of circumstances, it is directed that if any election petition is filed, the Election Tribunal shall make an endeavour
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to decide the same within a period of six months from the
date of its filing.
The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. Dasti.
[SURYA KANT] JUDGE
February 10, 2016 [RAJ MOHAN SINGH] mohinder JUDGE
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Partap Singh and others
State of Haryana and others
Surya Kant
Raj Mohan Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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