IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF JULY 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.17870 OF 2019 (GM-RES) BETWEEN:
SANTOSH MIN B AGED 43 YEARS, INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE 26-BANGALORE SOUTH S/O LATE N BHANU VIKRAMAN, R/O 203, MICO LAYOUT, 3RD MAIN, 6TH CROSS, BTM II STAGE, BANGALORE - 560 076 KARNATAKA ... PETITIONER (BY SRI. YASHWANT P. NAIK, ADV.) AND 1. CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER NIRVACHAN SADAN, ASHOKA ROAD NEW DELHI – 110 001.
2. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER KARNATAKA NIRVACHANA NILAYA, SHESHADRI ROAD BENGALURU - 560 001.
3. RETURNING OFFICER 26 - BANGALORE SOUTH 2ND FLOOR, BBMP, SOUTH ZONAL OFFICE COMPLEX 9TH MAIN, 9TH CROSS, 2ND BLOCK JAYANAGAR BENGALURU - 560 011.
(BY SMT. PRATHIMA HONNAPURA, AGA) ... RESPONDENTS THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO PUBLICATION OF THE CANDIDATE BY THE ECI AS IT WOULD APPEAR IN THE EVM OF EACH CONSTITUENCY, CONSTITUENCY WISE IN THE RESPECTIVE WEBSITES OF THE STATE COMMISSIONER AS WELL AS PUBLICATION OF THE CANDIDATES LIST AS APPEARING ON THE EVM IN THE POPULAR REGIONAL PRESS, REGION WISE, IN BOTH PRINT AND VISUAL MEDIA, AS SOON AS THE NOMINATIONS ARE CONFIRMED AND SYMBOLS ALLOTTED. THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES AS IT WOULD APPEAR IN THE EVM's IN THE POPULAR PRESS (BOTH PRINT AND VISUAL MEDIA) AND DISPLAY OF THE SAME PROMINENTLY ON THE (http://www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in] WEBSITE AND ETC.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R None for the petitioner. None had appeared on behalf of the petitioner on the last date of hearing i.e., 29.06.2019 also. It appears that the petitioner is not interested in prosecuting the writ petition.
Accordingly the same is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Sd/- JUDGE RD