( 1 ) THIS is an appeal under Section 116-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by one Sunder Lal Chechani whose petition challenging the validity of the election of Sampat Lal respondent to the mavli constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly at the general election of 1962 was dismissed by the election Tribunal, Udaipur, on August 7, 1962.

( 2 ) THE petition, as originally filed on April 11, 1962, was based, on two grounds contained in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the petition which run as follows,--

"4. That the order of the Returning Officer rejecting the nomination paper of Shri Kesar Singh is illegal on the ground that the said Kesar singh was never dismissed for corruption or disloyalty to the State and that no disqualification under Section 7 (f) of the Representation of the people Act, 1951 could be attached to him; that the said Shri Kesar singh was qualified to stand as a candidate in the election and his nomination had been improperly and illegally rejected. 5. That the second ground of rejection of nomination paper of Shri Kesar singh as given by the Returning Officer was that his number of the electoral roll wa