Hon’ble Aditya Nath Mittal, J.—This Election Petition has been filed inter alia seeking the following reliefs:

(A) “declare the election of respondent No. 1 as Member of Legislative Assembly from 249 Patti Assembly Constituency, District Pratapgarh as null and void and declare the petitioner as duly election as Member of aforesaid constituency.

(B) Pass an order for summoning all 955 ballot papers which were cast by electors on election duty at ‘PB Facilitation Centres’ established in the constituency at training places and to declare the result after counting them.

(C) Pass such other order or direction which the Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts of the case.

(D) Award costs to the petitioner.”

2. Brief facts, which led to the filing of the instant election petition are, that the petitioner, who is the political leader, was one of the contesting candidate for the seat of the Member of the State Legislative Assembly in the State of Uttar Pradesh from 249 Patti Assembly Constituency, District Pratapgarh. The petitioner had received 61278 votes whereas the first respondent had received 61434 votes and, as such, the respondent No. 1 was declared elected as Mem