(1.) Heard the learned counsel for the parties.
(2.) Rule. The rule is made returnable forthwith at the request and with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. Even otherwise, we had made it clear that this petition will be disposed of finally having regard to the timeline set out by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Election Commissioner of India Vs Bajrang Bahadur Singh and others, 2015 (12) SCC 570.
(3.) This petition was instituted on 1/12/2020 and taken up before the learned Single Judge until 27/1/2022. On this date, the learned Single Judge after noticing the directions in paragraph 67 of Bajrang Bahadur Singh (supra) directed the registry to place this matter before the Division Bench. Accordingly, this matter was taken up by the Division Bench on 31/1/2022 and with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the matter was posted for final disposal on 1/2/2022 at the end of the admission board subject to overnight part-heard matters. The matter was then heard extensively on 1/2/2022 and 2/2/2022 and reserved for orders.