IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
Surya Prakash Kesarwani, Gautam Chowdhary, JJ.
State of U.P. and Others – Appellants
Versus
Manoj Kumar and Others – Respondents
Civil Misc. Review Application No. 121 of 2021, Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 14512 of 2021
Decided On : 30-07-2021
Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 226 - Court proceed to examine the rival contentions of parties, it would be appropriate to reproduce order passed by Court, against which State-respondents have filed present review application - Held, Facts as narrated above and the contents of review application, it may be safely observed that present review application has been filed by State-respondents merely to avoid order so that somehow the petitioners who are lawfully elected members of Zila Panchayat, may not cast their votes for election of President, Zila Panchayat, Firozabad - Review filed for such purpose is not maintainable and deserves rejection with exemplary cost - Court are of view that applicants/State-respondents have filed a frivolous review application, which deserves to be dismissed with costs - Review dismissed.
JUDGMENT :
Surya Prakash Kesarwani, J.
1. Heard Sri Manish Goyal, learned Additional Advocate General, alongwith Sri Ajeet Kumar Singh, learned Additional Advocate General assisted by Sri J.N. Maurya, learned Chief Standing Counsel and Sri Sudhanshu Srivastava, learned Additional Chief Standing counsel and Sri Amrendra Nath Singh, learned senior advocate, assisted by Sri Ajay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners.
2. Sri Manish Goyal, learned Additional Advocate General submits as under:
ii. Since against the petitioners F.I.Rs. were registered, therefore, the petitioners even though elected members of Zila Panchayat; have no right to vote in the election of President, Zila Panchayat of Firozabad, in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in Chief Election Commissioner and Others vs. Jan Chaukidar (Peoples Watch) and Others, (2013) 7 SCC 507 (Paras 6 and 7) inasmuch as persons in lawful custody have no right to vote and they shall not be deemed to be electors.
iii. The writ petition was not maintainable in view of the provisions of Article 243 O of the Constitution of India which provides that no election of any Panchayat shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such manner as is provided for by or under any law made by the legislature of a State. Reliance is placed on the judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Boddula Krishnaiah Aiyar and Another vs. State Election Commissioner A.P. and Others, (1996) 3 SCC 416 (Para 7, 8, 9 and 11). Since the facts regarding criminal cases as stated above have been concealed by the petitioners, the petitioners cannot be said to have approached the Court with clean hands which shall disentitle them to any relief under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.
iv. The effect of the order dated 2.7.2021, passed by this Court is that the petitioners' arrest have been stayed.
3. Sri Amrendra Nath Singh, learned senior counsel representing the petitioners, opposed the Review Application and submits as under:
ii. The submissions made by the learned Additional Advocate Generals and the allegations made in the Review Application are false inasmuch as the petitioners have disclosed in paragraphs 13 and 14 about the Case Crime No. 73 of 2021, under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506 and 307 I.P.C., P.S. - Basai, Mohamadpur, District - Firozabad and Case Crime No. 68/2021, dated 7.4.2021, under Section 147, 188, 341, 353, 171E, 171 H, I.P.C. read with Section 7 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 1932, P.S
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