JUDGMENT :

1. Heard. Leave Granted.

I. BRIEF FACTS:

2. This Appeal arises out of an Election issue between the Appellant i.e. (Urmila Devi) and Respondent No. 3 (Manoj Devi). The facts in a nutshell is as follows:

2.1. Both the Appellant, Respondent No. 3 and 18 others stood for Three Tier Panchayat (Pradhan) Election, 2021 held in respect of Election of Pradhan of Parauli Sughapur Village, Block - Jaithara, Teshil - Aliganj, District - Etah, Uttar Pradesh.

2.2. After the voting was over, the counting of votes went for almost two complete dates i.e. it commenced from 2nd May 2021 at 11.00 a.m. and got completed on 03rd May 2021 at 10.00 a.m. As per the version of the Appellant, many candidates complained about the irregularities during the counting of votes and about the manner in which elections were conducted. However, the Authorities completed the voting and declared the results. As per the results, Respondent No. 3 was declared as Returned Candidate and the Appellant herein was declared as having lost by a margin of 2 votes.

2.3. Aggrieved by the procedural discrepancies during the counting of votes and aggrieved by the results of the elections, the Appellant filed an Election Peti