Writ petition challenging a three-year election disqualification order of the State Election Commission was dismissed as infructuous after counsel stated the cause no longer survived.
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)
TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH
WRIT PETITION NO: 4252 OF 2021
Between:
Seetha Lingaiah, S/o.Lingaiah Aged about 45 years, Occ. Ward [Vember (Suspended) R/o.Tirumalagiri Village, Duggyala Post, Pedda Adisarlapally Mandal Nalgonda District, Telangana State.
...PETITIONER
AND
...RESPONDENTS
Petition under Article 226 o'f the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Drrection more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the Orderspassed by the 2nd respondent vide Proceedings No.3002/TSEC- PRI/Pedda Adisherla Pally/GPS/20'19(196), dt.06.01 .2021 in disqualifying the petitioner from contesting elections for a period of three years and seized from the existingpost of Ward Member on the ground of non-furnishing of election expenditure within stipulated time as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 and also Article 14 of lndian Constitution and consequently set aside the same.
lA NO: 1 OF 2021
Petition under section'l 5r cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to Suspend the Proceedings No.3002JTSEC-pR/pedda Adisherla Pally/GPS/20'19(196), dt.06.01.2021 issued by the 2nd Respondent.
Counsel for the Petitioner : SRt T.RAJtN|KANTH REDDY
counsel for the Respondents No.1&4: cp FoR pANcHAyAT RAJ RURAL DEv Counsel forthe Respondents No.2&3: SRI P.SUDHEER RAO, SC FOR EC Counsel for the Respondents No.5 : SRI G.NARENDER REDDY, SC FOR Gp The Court made the following: ORDER
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THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SARATH WRIT PETITION No.4252 of 2O2L
ORDER:
Today when the matter is taken up for hearing the learned Counsel for petitioner submits that the cause in the present Writ Petition does not survive and
thereby the Writ Petition has become infructuous
Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
arly, shall stand closed. No order as tocosts.
SD/.N.CHANDRA SEKHAR RAO ASSrsrANr REqWEAR ,TRUE COPYII
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DATED:2310112024
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WP.No.4252 ot 2021
DISMISSING THE WRIT PETITION AS INFRUCTUOUS WITHOUT COSTS
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2 provisions across 2 enactments
Seetha Lingaiah
The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Secretariat, Hyderabad
The State Election Commission, rep. by its Commissioner
The District Collector and District Election Authority, Nalgonda District, T.S.
The District Panchayat Officer, Nalgonda District, T.S.
The Mandal Parishad Development Officer/Asst. Election Authority, Pedda Adisherla Pally, Nalgonda District
K. Sarath
As recorded by the court registry
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