The Petitioner has filed the present Election Petition before this Court praying for a Declaration that the Election of the 1st Respondent as Returned Candidate on 13.05.2011 from No.13, Kolathur Assembly Constituency as null and void.

2. Summation of Long Germane Factual Matrix of the Election Petition:

2.1. The Petitioner filed his nomination on 24.03.2011 as an official candidate of All India Anna Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in No.13, Kolathur Constituency by contesting the Election in his party symbol “Two Leaves”. As a matter of fact, the 1st Respondent contested the Election and filed his nomination as an official candidate of the Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam Party (DMK) in his party symbol “Rising Sun”. Further, the Respondents 2 to 26 also filed their nominations and contested the Election from Kolathur Constituency in their respective symbols allotted to them.

2.2. When the Election Commission of India announced the Election Schedule, the 1st Respondent was the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Moreover, he was powerful as Treasurer of DMK party and was th