IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3360 of 2010 1. MANJU DEVI W/O SRI BIRANCHI MANDAL R/O PRABHAT COLONY ( BHOOTHNATH MANDIR ), P.O.- PURNIA, P.S.- K. HAT, DISTT.- PURNIA Versus 1. THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION BIHAR, SONE BHAWAN, BIRCHAND PATEL MARG, PATNA 2. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE-CUM-DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER PURNIA 3. THE RETURNING OFFICER-CUM-ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE PURNIA 4. MANOJ KUMAR S/O LATE RAGHUBIR YADAV R/O JANTA CHOWK, NEAR RANGILA HOTEL, PURNIA, P.O.- PURNIA, P.S.- K. HAT, DISTT.- PURNIA ----------- 02. 19.05.2011 The prayer in the writ application is for re- counting of votes polled during the Purnia Municipal Election in Ward No.-19. The petitioner finds it difficult to persuade the Court that this matter can be enquired into in a writ jurisdiction when the appropriate remedy of the petitioner lies in an election petition. The application is dismissed. P.K. (Navin Sinha, J.)