IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1428 of 2009 JAGNNATH SINGH SON OF SRI GOPAL KRISHNA SINGH, RESIDENT OF AASHIRWAD, BEHIND SURYA MANDIR, P.S.- GARDNIBAGH, DISTRICT- PATNA Versus 1. BIHAR STATE BAR COUNCIL,BIHAR, PATNA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, PATNA HIGH COURT, CAMPUS, PATNA 2. THE CHAIRMAN, BIHAR STATE BAR COUNCIL, BIHAR, PATNA, PATNA HIGH COURT, CAMPUS, PATNA 3. THE SECRETARY, BIHAR STATE BAR COUNCIL, BIHAR, PATNA, PATNA HIGH COURT CAMPUS, PATNA. 4. BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA, NEW DELHI THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN 5. THE CHAIRMAN, BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA, NEW DELHI. 6. THE SECRETARY BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA, NEW DELHI. 7. THE RETURNING OFFICER, BIHAR STATE BAR COUNCIL, PATNA ----------- For the Appellant :- Mr. B. P. Pandey, Sr. Advocate Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra, Advocate Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate For the Respondents :- Mr. Prem Kumar Jha, Advocate Mr. Rajesh Kumar Jha, Advocate -------------------- 2 16/11/2009 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the Bihar State Bar Council. By the order under appeal the writ court has dismissed the writ petition whereby the petitioner challenged the State Bar Council Elections on the ground that his voting right has been denied because of mistake leading to omission of his name in the draft voters list published on 15.6.2009 and also in the final voters list published on 22.10.2009. The writ court after considering the relevant facts dismissed the writ petition mainly on the ground that the statutory opportunity for correcting the mistake in the draft voters list was afforded to all concerned but the 2 petitioner though being a practioner of Patna High Court failed to exercise his statutory right and did not make any prayer for correcting the mistake in the draft voters list and on that account he cannot be now heard to say that the final voters list being defective, the entire election as proposed is vitiated in law. We are in full agreement with the view expressed by the writ court. We find no merit in this appeal. It is, therefore, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.) avin