HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 2234 of 2025 (M/S)

Sri Ram Singh ….......Petitioner Vs.

State Election Commission, Uttarakhand and others …..... Respondents Present : Mr. Jai Krishna Pandey, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sanjay Bhatt, Advocate for the State Election Commission.

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)

By means of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs:-

I. Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents, particularly the State Election Commission and the Returning Officer, to forthwith reject the nomination of Respondent No.5 for the election to Kshettra Panchayat 1 Baraon, District Nainital, on the ground of her ineligibility arising from her simultaneous registration in two distinct electoral rolls in contraventiuon of the statutory provisions;

II. Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to conduct fresh elections of Kshettra Panchayat 11 Baraon, District Nainital in accordance with law, ensuring strict compliance with the statutory provisions and the constitutional mandate of free and fair elections;

III. Or/and pass any other orde