GIRDHAR GOPAL Vs. FARID ALAM CHISTI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Girdhar Gopal has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution praying for the issue of a writ of certiorari quashing a decision of the Election Tribunal dated 9th September, 1957 by which an election petition, filed by the present petitioner under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, as amended up to dale, was dismissed by the Election Tribunal under Section 90 (3) of the Representation of the People Act.

(2.) When the petitioner presented the election petition to the Election Commission, the petition was accompanied by a treasury receipt showing that a deposit of Rs. 1,000/- had been made by the petitioner in the treasury. The head of account in which the amount was deposited was

(3.) It has been urged before us on behalf of the petitioner that the decision of the Tribunal, that the receipt did not comply with the requirements of Section 117 of the Representation of the People Act, was not correct On each point it was urged that the receipt contained sufficient entries to show full compliance with the provisions of Section 117 of the Representation of the People Act