Court No. - 39
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 19378 of 2018 Petitioner :- Nikhat Bano Respondent :- State Of U P And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Birendra Singh,Pradeepta Kumar Shahi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Kaushlesh Pratap Singh,Sant Ram Sharma
Hon'ble Dilip Gupta,J. Hon'ble Neeraj Tiwari,J.
The petitioner, who had contested the election of Nagar Palika Parishad, Hamirpur for Ward No. 23 has filed this petition for quashing the result of respondent no. 6 who was elected as the said respondent was not eligible to participate in the election.
It transpires that the petitioner has filed an election petition before District Judge, Hamirpur on 23 December 2017, which is said to be pending.
The issue regarding eligibility of respondent no. 6 to contest the election can be raised in the said election petition. The Court, therefore, declines to entertain this writ petition.
Learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submitted that a direction may be issued for expediting the hearing of the election petition.
It is for the petitioner to move an appropriate application before the District Judge concerned for expediting the hearing of the election petition.
The petition is, accordingly dismissed with the said observation.
Order Date :- 28.5.2018 Arvind (Dilip Gupta, J.) (Neeraj Tiwari, J.)