BISHAMBHAR DAYAL Vs. CHIEF PANCHAYAT OFFICER RAJ

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is an application by Bishambhar Dayal and three others against the Chief Panchayat Officer, the Returning Officer and the Sarpanch and Panchas of Tehsil Panchayat, Behror.

(2.) THE case of the applicants in briefly this. Election for the offices of Sarpanch and Panchas of Tehsil Panchayat, Behror was actually held on the 15th of July 1956 and Shri Phoolchand was the Returning Officer. THE applicants were some of the candidates for the offices of Sarpanch and Panchas and were defeated in the election on that day THE applicants' contention is that the Returning Officer did not specify the date of the election in the various Panchayats. the members of which were electors of this Tehsil Panchayat and, therefore, the entire election should be set aside. Reliance in this connection is placed on R. 23 of the Panchayat Election Rules, 1954 and it is urged that that rule is mandatory and as that was not complied with, the election should be set aside.