JUDGMENT :

NIDHI GUPTA, J.

1. The present Civil Writ Petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking the issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for setting aside the order dated 25.10.2021 (Annexure P-11) passed by respondent No.2 - Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Electoral Officer, Karnal; and order dated 25.03.2021 (Annexure P-8) passed by respondent No.3-Electoral Registration Officer-cum-Additional Deputy Commissioner, Karnal–whereby the names of the petitioners have been deleted from the voter list of Village Bodsham, Tehsil Nilokheri, District Karnal.

2. It is the petitioners' case that they are the permanent residents of Village Bodsham and had only temporarily shifted to District Kurukshetra and Uttar Pradesh etc. for the purposes of business, and that they have again returned to their Village Bodsham and have been residing there since the past two years. In support, the petitioners have appended their Aadhar Cards and PAN cards. It has accordingly been prayed that the orders dated 25.10.2021 (Annexure P-11) and 25.3.2021 (Annexure P-8) deleting their names from voter list for Village Bodsham be set aside, being illegal.

3. In respon