Judgment

J.S. VERMA, J.- Sixteen villages in the territorial division of District Murshidabad on the west bank of River Ganges in the State of West Bengal formed part of 8-Jangipur Parliamentary Constituency, and the elections in 1977, 1980 and 1982 were held on this basis. This is how these villages were described in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 (for short "the Delimitation Order, 1976"). However, River Ganges having started changing its course in 1957, ultimately brought about the change because of which these 16 villages came to be located towards the east bank of the river. After this change these villages came to form part of the territorial division named as District Malda. The State Government made the consequential changes in the description of these villages when they became part of District Malda for all administrative purposes. In spite of this geographical change resulting in inclusion of these 16 villages in the territorial division of District Malda for administrative purposes, the position of these villages remained unaltered for election purposes and they continued to form part of 8-Jangipur Parliamentary Constituency in a