1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. Writ Petition No.1843 Of 2010 DISTRICT: NANDURBAR. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s orders. Court’s or Judge’s order Coram: A.M. Khanwilkar & S.S. Shinde, JJ. Date: 9th March 2010 ----- 1) Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 2) The application tendered across the Bar for intervention is returned to the Advocate for the intervenor. 3) In so far as the principal relief claimed by the petitioners for directions against the respondent No.5 (Returning Officer) to decide the objections raised by the petitioners after giving opportunity to the petitioners and other affected persons at the earliest and in any case before 9th of March 2010 is concerned, even though we find force in the submissions of the 2 petitioners that the petitioners have filed the objections within specified time on 19th of February 2010, the Returning Officer was obliged to decide the same before 22nd February 2010 as per the election programme. The grievance of the petitioners is that no decision has been taken on the objections filed by the petitioners which if accepted would result in invalidation of the nomination forms. In that, the proposers have not signed the Nomination Papers submitted by 12 candidates who were contesting the elections. Nevertheless, we are not inclined to interfere with the election process but leave it open to the petitioners to pursue the said issue after the election results are declared. All questions raised by the petitioners in this regard are left open to be decided at an appropriate stage. 4) In so far as the second relief claimed by the petitioners to issue 3 directions to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to hold enquiry and take appropriate action against respondent No.5 for committing serious illegality during the election process of respondent No.4 – Society, we dispose of that prayer by directing respondent Nos.2 and 3 to examine this grievance of the petitioners and pass appropriate decision as may be advised in accordance with law expeditiously and in any case not later than four weeks from today. The petitioners may submit the present petition as well as this order to the said respondent within one week from today which the said respondent may treat it as further and final representation of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders as aforesaid. 5) The petition is disposed of on the above terms. (S.S. SHINDE,J.)(A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.) rsl/ wp.1843.10