Court No. - 42
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 23827 of 2021 Petitioner :- Ajay Kumar Choudhary Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Bhanu Dutt Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents and perused the record.
Present petition has been filed for directing Respondent no. 3 to decide the Election Petition No. 10 of 2021 (Ajay Kumar Choudhary Vs. Ram Milan and others) under Section 12(Ga) U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, filed by the petitioner, pending before Respondent no.3.
In view of the settled law that the election petition itself is liable to be decided at the earliest, it is directed that the respondent no. 3 shall decide the election petition itself preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a self attested copy of this order, which may be verified from the official website of this Court provided lawyers are not abstaining from work, functioning of the court is not affected due to COVID-19 Pandemic and there is no other legal impediment.
It is further provided that the dates on which the lawyers are abstaining from work shall be treated to be excluded from the period within which the proceedings are directed to be completed and in case the petitioners appear in person, the authority concerned shall proceed to conclude the proceedings.
With the aforesaid observations, present petition stands disposed of.
Order Date :- 23.9.2021 N.S.Rathour