ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. K.P. Pathak, learned senior counsel, assisted by Mr. I. Kalita, learned counsel for the applicant. None appears on call for the opposite party.

Parties to this application:

2. The applicant herein, namely, Karim Uddin Borbhuiya, is the returned candidate, whose election has been challenged by the opposite party herein, namely, Anamul Haque.

3. Hence, for the sake of convenience, in this order, the term “petitioner” will denote the “election petitioner” and the word “respondent” will denote the returned candidate. In the connected election petition, there is only one respondent.

Prayer in this interlocutory application:

4. The respondent, by filing this interlocutory application, has prayed for rejection of the election petition under the provision of Order VII, Rule 11 of t