The Court maintained that absent substantial claims of obstruction, it will not interfere in electoral processes, allowing for subsequent applications for protection as necessary.

JUDGMENT

The petitioner is stated to be a member of the 3^rd respondent herein. He is stated to have been elected as the Election Commissioner for conducting elections for various posts in the 3^rd respondent Sabha, during the period 2024- 2027. The petitioner states that the 4^th respondent and his allies are preventing the petitioner from conducting the election, as above. It is in such circumstances that the petitioner has approached this Court, relying on the representation at Ext.P7, filed before the 1^st respondent herein, seeking police protection.

2. Heard Sri.Biju C. Abraham, learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as Smt.S.L.Sylaja, learned Government Pleader for respondents 1 and 2, and Smt.P.K.Santhamma, learned counsel appearing for the 4^th respondent herein. 3. While admitting the writ petition on 09.08.2023, this Court had not issued any interim protection to the petitioner herein, nor was any direction issued to the police authorities to provide the protection, at any point of time.

4. As already noticed, the petitioner requires only to conduct elections to the 3^rd respondent Sabha. Apart from stating that the 4^th respondent has obstructed the conduct of elections, no further details as regards the action of the 4^th respondent for the last almost three years have been brought on record. In such circumstances, I am of the opinion that no circumstances warranting the interference of this Court is made out.

Therefore, this writ petition would stand dismissed.

However, this will be without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to approach the police authorities, if necessity arises.

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