Kamaljeet Sehrawat W/o Raj Kumar Sehrawat vs Office of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Through Principle Secretary

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2023 Supreme(Del) 4236

PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV
Kamaljeet Sehrawat W/o Raj Kumar Sehrawat – Appellant
Versus
Office of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Through Principle Secretary – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Advocate alongwith Mr. Pavan Narang, Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, Mr. Ravi Sharma, Mr. Mugdha Pande, Ms. Vidhi Gupta, Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain & Ms. Megha Sharma, Advocates, for the Petitioner in W.P.(C) 2502 of 2023 & CM APPLs. 9574 of 2023, 20173 of 2023.
Mr. Udit Malik, ASC, GNCTD alongwith Mr. Vishal Chanda, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Digpaul, Standing Counsel alongwith Mr. Kamal Digpaul & Ms. Swati Kwatra, Advocates, for the Respondent-3 in W.P.(C) 2502 of 2023 & CM APPLs. 9574 of 2023, 20173 of 2023.
Mr. Rahul Mehra, Senior Advocate alongwith, Mr. Mohit Siwach, Mr. Chaitanya Gosain, Mr. Priyankar Tiwary and Mr. Anand Thumbayil, Advocates, for the Respondent-4 in W.P.(C) 2502 of 2023 & CM APPLs. 9574 of 2023, 20173 of 2023.
Mr. Jayant Mehta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Amit Tiwari, Mr. Neeraj, Mr. Bansuri Swaraj, Mr. Yogesh Verma, Mr. Chetanya Puri, Mr.Vedansh Anand, Ms. Anu Srivastav & Mr. Himanshu Seth, Advocates, for the Petitioner in W.P.(C) 2503 & CM APPL.9576/2023.
Mr. Udit Malik, ASC, GNCTD alongwith Mr. Vishal Chanda, Advocate Mr. Udit Malik, ASC alongwith Mr. Vishal Chanda, Advocate, for the Respondent-2 in W.P.(C) 2503 & CM APPL.9576/2023.
Mr. Ajay Digpaul, Standing Counsel alongwith Mr. Kamal Digpaul & Ms. Swati Kwatra, Advocates, for the Respondent-3 in W.P.(C) 2503 & CM APPL.9576/2023.
Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Senior Advocate alongwith Mr. Mohit Siwach, Mr. Priyankar Tiwary, Ms. Mansi Sood and Ms. Vishakha Gupta, Advocates, for the Respondent-4 in W.P.(C) 2503 & CM APPL.9576/2023.

JUDGMENT

1. These two writ petitions relate to the election of members of Standing Committee required to be constituted under Section 45 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (hereinafter `DMC Act, 1957`). In both the matters, since common issues viz. rejection of ballot paper; decision of re-poll; and scope of interference under writ jurisdiction are involved therefore, the same are being decided by a common order.

2. The petitioner in W.P.(C) 2502/2023, namely, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, contested the general election of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (hereinafter 'MCD') held on 04.12.2022 and was elected as Municipal Counsellor from Ward No.120, Dwarka-B, New Delhi.

3. The petitioner prays for inter alia a direction to declare him as elected in pursuance to the election held on 24.02.2023 for the Standing Committee of the DMC. For the sake of clarity, relief claimed in W.P.(C) 2502/2023 is reproduced as under:

"In the view of the submissions made hereinabove, the Applicant herein most respectfully pray that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to:

a) Direct the Respondent no. 4, in the capacity of Returning Officer to officially declare the results of elections held on

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2023 Supreme(Del) 4236

PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAVKamaljeet Sehrawat W/o Raj Kumar Sehrawat – AppellantVersusOffice of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Through Principle Secretary – Respondent

PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV
Kamaljeet Sehrawat W/o Raj Kumar Sehrawat – Appellant
Versus
Office of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Through Principle Secretary – Respondent