S. P. SRIVASTAVA, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner claims that he was the authorised candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party to contest the election of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Madhya Pradesh from Constituency No. 249, Shamshabad and had been allotted "kamal" as the election symbol.

( 2 ) THE result of the election was declared on 28-11-1998 whereunder the petitioner was shown to have lost the election by 544 votes.

( 3 ) BY means of the present election petition; the election petitioner has prayed for staying the declaration of the result by the respondent No. 1 with a direction for recounting of the votes.

( 4 ) THE election petition was presented by the petitioner before the Additional Registrar, High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur on 9-1-1999. He had been identified by Shri V. S. Parihar, Advocate from Ujjain.

( 5 ) THE Additional Registrar in his report dated 9-1-1999 has pointed out that the election petition was in Hindu language and quarter margin had not been left in the left side, therefore, it contravened Rule 2 of the Rules relating to the election petitions.

( 6 ) THE election petition was put up for orders before the Court on 26-3-1999 along with the aforesai

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