IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1651 of 2008 SONIA DEVI w/o RamBalak Manjhi, resident of village- Batespur, p.S. Bodh Gaya,District- Gaya. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Election Commission through Election Commissioner, Patna. 3. District Returning Officer-cum- District Magistrate, Gaya. 4. Block Development (Returning) Officer,(Election) Bodh Gaya- cum- B.D.O. Bodh Gaya, District- Gaya. 5. Piyaria Devi w/o Jeni Manjhi, resident of village- Dumari, P.S. Bodh Gaya, District- Gaya. 2 10.3.2010 Petitioner was the returning candidate in an election to the Panchayat. Her election was challenged by respondent no.5 by election petition. In the election petition, the election petitioner examined his witnesses and closed the case. Respondents to the election petition including the petitioner was called upon to lead their evidences. Instead of leading evidence, the petitioner, who was respondent no.4 kept filing petition after petition on one pretext or the other for delay in the trial without bringing his witnesses for examination. Ultimately, the petitioner, who was respondent no.4, filed a petition seeking a direction to examine several of the respondents themselves in the election petition. Those respondents in the election petition, she alleges, had filed written statements supporting the stand of the petitioner. The election tribunal found that all those respondents were private respondents and had virtually abundant the proceeding. They could not be forced by the Court to give any evidence. Court was ready to record evidence of any person brought before it by any of the parties. Court found that these were all ploy to delay the trial and thus rejected the prayer of the petitioner. 2 The petitioner has come to this Court against the said order. In my view interference by this Court at the interlocutory stage calling election petition is uncalled for . Petitioner must co-operate and get the trial concluded at the earliest. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. Singh (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)