Gyan Singh S/O Late Shri Ladu Singh v. Smt. Sarju Devi W/O Shri Mahendra Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Sarpanch election dispute, Gram Panchayat Badalya/Badliya, Panchayat Samiti Ajmer Rural, District Ajmer, Rajasthan; rival candidates Sarju Devi and Gyan Singh; prayer for declaration of election as Sarpanch; prayer for quashing of ACJM First, Ajmer judgment dated 29.05.2024 in Case No. 159/2022 (Sarju Devi Versus Chief Election Officer Panchayat (Ajmer) and Ors); petitions dismissed as infructuous on expiry of tenure during pendency; point of law kept open; pending applications disposed; S.B. Civil Writ Petition Nos. 11026/2024 and 10148/2024; Sameer Jain, J.; order dated 06/05/2026.
What did the court decide?
Both connected writ petitions were dismissed as rendered infructuous, the tenure in question (post of Sarpanch) having expired during their pendency; the point of law was expressly kept open, with no adjudication on merits.