THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO Writ Petition No.32371 of 2025 ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Sam Koshy)

The instant Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying the Court for issuance of a writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by directing the Election Officer to consider petitioner’s nomination for the Bye-Election of Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency pursuant to the notification dated 06.10.2025, vide Memo No.2080/Elecs.D/2025-7, passed by the

2^nd respondent.

2. Heard Ms. S.A.V. Ratnam, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Avinash Desai, learned Senior Counsel representing Mr. Omar Farooq, learned counsel for the respondents.

3. The grievance of petitioner herein is that he has filed nomination through Jai Mahabharath Party. The notification for the said elections was published on 06.10.2025. The last date for submission of nominations was 21.10.2025. The petitioner submitted the nomination on 21.10.2025. The Election Officer scrutinized the nomination submitted by the petitioner as also by the other candidate