These three writ petitioners are public interest litigations raising common questions of fact and law, and were heard analogously, and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The petitioner No. 1 in Civil Rule (PIL) No. 185/98 is the Secretary General of the United Minorities Front, Assam, a registered political party of the State of Assam representing the religious, linguistic and ethnic minorities in the State of Assam. The petitioner No. 2 in the said writ petition is a person whose name appears in the electoral roll of polling centre No. 89(A) of 86 Nagaon Legislative Assembly Constituency, but against her name the letter 'D' has been marked on account of which she is not in a position to cast her vote. Names of 14 other persons similarly appear in the electoral roll of polling centre No. 89(A) of 86 Nagaon Legislative Assembly Constituency, but against their names the letter 'D' has been marked, as a result of which they are not in a position to cast their vote.

3. The names of three petitioners in Civil Rule (PIL) No. 253/98 have been included in the final electoral roll published on 9.12.1997, but against their names the letter 'D' has been indicate