•(?> HiGHCOURTOFCHHATTiSGARHATBiLASPUR WRITPETmON (S^ NO.J4J5 Of 2009 PETIT!ONER RESPONDENTS I^lehaSe Francis s/o Shri B: Dui^lu, aged about 59 years, R/o Nehru Chow4<, Behlnd Corporationj Fountain, Bllaspur, Tahsi! and DistrictBiiaspur(C.G.) VERSUS 1. State of Chitiattisgarh Through the Secretary, Irrigatjon Department, Mantralaya, D.K.S. Bhawan,Raipur. 2. Eiection Commissionof !ndJa,Nlrvachan Sadan, NewDelhi. 3. Eiection Commissson of State of Chhattisgarh, 3n the premises of Mantralaya, Ralpur(C.G.) 4. O.P.Mishra.s/o not known, Aged about 55 years, Chief Engineer, Through the Secretary, Irrlgation Department, Mantraiaya, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (G.G.) WRiT PETIT30N UNDER ARTICLE 226 OFTHE CONSTiTUTiON OF }ND!A SB: Hon?bl©Shri Satish K. Agnihotri. J. Present: Shri Anand K. Tlwari, Advocate for the petltioner. Shri Arun Sao, Government Advocate for the State/respondent No.i. ORAL ORDER (Passed on 17th day of March, 2009) 1. Wlth the consent ot the parties, the matter Is heard flnaliy. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitloner submits that the Code of Conduct issued by the ESection Commission of india has been enforced. The order dated 27.02.2009 (Annexure P/3) cannot be enforced. Accordingly, the petitioner has made a representation seeklng guldance from the State Government on 06.03.2009 (Annexure P/5). Learned eounse! further submits that no advise or order has been Issued by the Government tiil date. The petitioner is jn dilemma asto how to comply wlth the order dated 27.02.2009 ^.-i;';; \ 4. when the Code of Conduct Issued by the EJection Commission of jndla is Inexistence. In vlew of the above, the Secretery, Government of Chhattisgafti, Water Resources Department, is under an obiigation to give guidance as early as possible. ShriSao, iearned Government Advocate appearing for the State/respondent No. i subntits that response to the letter dated 06.03.2009 (Annexure P/5) shail be suppjied to the petitioner within a period of one week from today. ln vlew of the foregoing, this petltion stands disposed of. Consequentty, i.A. No. i, for interim relief, a!so stands dlsposed of. Sd/- SatishK.Agnihotri Judge ':,.rfl--^ .'^^^.\