(1.) Draft amendment is allowed in terms of the draft. Same shall be carried out forthwith.
(2.) Captioned application by the applicant - original respondent no.5 (hereinafter referred to as "the applicant"), inter alia, is praying for rejection of the election petition in accordance with the provisions of the Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as "the Code") read with Sec. 87 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1951") as well as the Rules 276, 282, 283 and 285 of the Gujarat High Court Rules, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as "the Rules of 1993").
(3.) Tersely stated are the facts: