ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 15-12-2025 Heard Mr. Gautam Shah, learned Advocate for the petitioner, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Thakur, learned Advocate for the Bihar State Election Authority and Mr. Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, learned GP-14.

2. The petitioner is claiming to be a candidate for the post of Chairman in PACS Election, Shankardih, which is scheduled to be held tomorrow, on 16^th of December, 2025. Invoking the jurisdiction of this Court, the petitioner sought a direction to restrain the holding of election, until the correction process of voters’ lists for the PACS, Pilichh and Shankardih is completed on the ground that names of various persons, who are the voters in the voters list of PACS, Pilichh is also maintaining in the voters’ list of Shankardih, PACS and thus, there is every possibility of serious malpractices in the election.

3. Learned Advocate for the petitioner contends that with respect to the irregularities in the voters list of both Pilichh and Shankardih, PACS where the na