Hon’ble Vikram Nath, J.—The two petitioners namely Ajay Rai and Madhav Prasad Upadhyay have filed this petition under Sections 80, 84, 98 & 99 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) challenging the election of the sole respondent Sri Narendra Modi (the returned candidate) as a Member of the Parliament from 77 Varanasi Parliamentary Constituency (hereinafter referred to as the constituency) in the 15th General Elections of the Parliament. The General Elections for constituting new House of Public (Parliament) was notified by the President of India vide Notification dated 5.3.2014. As per the notification with respect to the constituency following election schedule was declared by the Election Commission of India:

(1)	Date of Notification of the Election	5.3.2014
(2)	Last Date of filing of Nomination Paper	24.4.2014
(3)	Date of scrutiny of Nomination Paper	25.4.2014
(4)	Date of withdrawal of Nomination Paper	28.4.2014
(5)	Date of polling	12.5.2014
(6)	Date of counting of votes	16