1. The petitioner in an Election Petition filed under S.87 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act ("Act" for short) is the revision petitioner. He filed the Original Petition to declare that the election held to Constituency No.4 of Urngattiri Grama Panchayat on 25th September, 2000 is void on the ground that his nomination was improperly rejected. The trial court allowed the Election Petition and declared that the election of the first respondent was void. The first respondent, the returned candidate, appealed to the District Court. The learned District Judge allowed the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal, set aside the order passed by the trial court and dismissed the Original Petition. That order is under challenge in this Civil Revision Petition.

2. The short facts necessary for the disposal of this Civil Revision Petition are as follows: On 1st September, 2000 at 1.25 p.m. the revision petitioner filed his nomination before the third respondent for contesting as a candidate for Thachanna, Constituency No.4 of Urngattiri Grama Panchayat, which was accepted by the third respondent. According to the revision petitioner, thereafter he filed another nomination before the third responde