Court No. - 19
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 24384 of 2021 Petitioner :- Kamlavati Devi Respondent :- Sub Divisional Magistrate And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ravindra Prakash Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.
The grievance of the petitioner is that the Election Petition No.T-202117630102931 (Kamlavati Devi Vs. Taslimunnisha and others) under Section 12-C of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 is pending before the respondent no.1, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Nauragh, District Siddharth Nagar and the same has not been decided so far.
Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon a judgment of this Court passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.14277 of 2016 (Mrs. Anita Devi Vs. Prescribed Authority, Panchayat Raj & others), 2016 (6) ADJ 27, wherein a general direction was issued to the State Government to issue necessary directions to Sub Divisional Magistrate to make all attempts to decide the election petition filed under Section 12-C preferably within six months of their institution and only in exceptional cases the time limit fixed be extended and that to for reasons to be recorded.
In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the issue, this writ petition is disposed of finally in terms of the judgment passed in Mrs. Anita Devi (Supra).
Order Date :- 27.9.2021 pks