JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records from the Respondent relating to the election rules dated 23.12.2020 and quash the Rule 3(1) and direct the Respondent to permit the Petitioner Sangam to participate in the Union Election to be held on 04.02.2021.)

1. The present writ petition has been filed to call for the records from the respondent relating to the election rules dated 23.12.2020 and the quash the Rule 3(1) and to direct the respondent to permit the Petitioner Sangam to participate in the Union Election to be held on 04.02.2021.

2. The petitioner is a duly registered as a Trade Union under the Neyveli Lignite Corporation of India Limited having Registration No.332/CDR dated 12.10.2020. The management and unions of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation of India Limited have entered an agreement wherein the code of discipline for conduct of election shall be by secret ballot and Rule 3(1) of the code of procedure for conducting election stipulates the eligibility criteria for the above one year.

3. According to the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the petit