JUDGMENT :-

H.L. Gokhale J.

This statutory appeal under Section 116A of the Representation of the People’s Act, 1951, seeks to challenge the judgment and order of the Gauhati High Court dated 12.11.2012, allowing the Election Petition No. 1(AP) of 2009, renumbered as Election Petition No. 1 (AP) of 2012, filed by the Respondent No. 1 whereby the election of the appellant from 20-Tali (ST) constituency of the Arunanchal Pradesh Assembly was declared void, and whereby the first respondent was declared elected to the State Legislative Assembly from the said constituency. After passing of the said judgment and order, the appellant applied for the stay of the said order, and the learned Judge by his order dated 16.11.2012 stayed the impugned judgment and order for a period of 14 days from the date of the said order. He made it clear that the appellant will have the right to participate in the assembly proceedings but will not have the right to vote and will not be entitled to any remuneration as an elected member of the assembly. This appeal, therefrom, was admitted on 27.11.2012, and by the order passed on that date by this Court, the above order dated 16.11.2012 was directed to contin