Hon'ble Arun Tandon, J.—Petitioner before this Court was elected as Pradhan of the village Chutka Gaon as per the results of the elections declared on 28.10.2010. Respondent No. 1 Ram Sanehi, who was the defeated candidate, filed an election petition under Section 12-C of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, which was registered as Election Petition No. 1 of 2010.

The reliefs prayed for in the election petition are as follows:

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2. The petitioner on service of the notice filed application dated 17th June, 2011 stating therein that the election petition suffers from the vice of non-joinder of necessary party, inasmuch as three other persons, who were candidates in the said election, have not been made a party as required by Rule 3 of the U.P. Panchayat Raj (Settlement of El