ORDER

Oral Date : 15.02.2022 Heard Mr. K.N. Choudhury, learned senior counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D. Saikia, learned Advocate General, Assam, assisted by Ms. M. Bhattacharjee, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam, appearing for the respondent Nos.1, 2, 4 & 5 and Mr. R. Dubey, learned standing counsel, Assam State Election Commission, appearing for the respondent No.3.

In this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the delimitation of certain areas and wards relating to Karimganj Municipal Board. All the same, by the time this matter was taken up for the first time on 09.02.2022, notification regarding election had already been issued.

We had requested Mr. D. Saikia, learned Advocate General, Assam to appear in the matter.

Today, Mr. K.N. Choudhury, learned senior counsel for the petitioner and Mr. D. Saikia, learned Advocate General, Assam are both before us.

At this stage, we must record that right from the decisions in Ponnuswami -Vs- Returning Officer, Namakkal Constituency, reported in (1952) 1 SCC 94 and Mohinder Singh Gill -Vs- Chief Election Commissioner, reported in (1978) 1 SCC 405, the law is settled that the Courts will normally not interf