1. The petitioner, who is returning candidate, has filed the present writ petition against the order dated 11.1.2018 passed by the I Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Chikkaballapur in Election Petition No. 01/2015 allowing the interim application filed by the respondent under Order 13 Rule 10 read with Section 151 of Civil Procedure Code for the payment of cost of Rs. 500/- directing to issue summons to the concerned Grama Panchayath of Kuppalli to produce the ballot box pertaining to the election for recounting the votes taken by the petitioner and respondent including the postal votes.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that he is an elected Member of Gram Panchayath of Kuppahalli Village, Nandi Hobli, Chickballapur Taluk. The respondent is the candidate who has lost the election to the petitioner by one vote. Aggrieved by the same, the respondent herein filed the election petition under Section 15(1) and Section 19 of Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 read with Rule 74(ii)(c) of Karnataka Panchayat Rules. The present petitioner, who is the 1st respondent before the learned Civil Judge (Jr. Dn.) Chickballapur filed objections resisting the election petition.

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