ORDER :

(Prayer: Election Petition filed under Sections 80, 80A, 81 read with Sections 77, 78, 100, 101, 123, 125, 126, 127-A & 129 of the Representation of People Act, 1951, praying

(a) to declare the election of the first respondent to the No.006 Avadi Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu on19.05.2016 as illegal and void;

(b) to declare the petitioner as being elected to the No.006 Avadi Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu;

(c) to direct the first respondent to pay the cost of the petition to the petitioner.)

The petitioner challenges the declaration of the first respondent as the successful candidate in the Elections for the State Legislature held on 16.05.2016. The first respondent was declared as the successful candidate and the margin of difference was about 1395 votes. The petitioner seeks a declaration that the election of the first respondent to No.6 Avadi Assembly Constituency in the elections held on 19.05.2016 as illegal and void and consequentially declare the petitioner as the elected candidate.

2. The grounds on which the petitioner seeks the above declaration are that the f