1. The present letter patent appeal is maintained by the appellants - petitioners against the judgment passed by learned Single Judge, in applications CMPs No.3917 and 3918 of 2018 in a case CWP No.1831 of 2017, titled Madhu Sharma & Another versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Others. The applicants in the said applications have been added as party respondents in the writ petition and interim order which was in favour of the appellants - petitioners / Non - applicants, has been vacated.

2. Briefly stating the facts, which have come on the record by way of the pleadings of the parties in the present letter patent appeal, are that respondent No.5 Shri Amit Kumar in the present letter patent appeal, as per the appellants - petitioners, while filing his nomination papers for contesting election as Ward Member of Nagar Panchayat, Baijnath, concealed vital information and the Returning Officer could not reject his nomination papers, as such, he got elected as Member of the respondent No.6 by concealing material information. He has not disclosed that he has been charged by the Criminal Court for the offence and simply stated that the criminal case is pending against him.

3. It is further all