Civil Writ Petition No. 8474 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 8474 of 2010 Date of Decision: 16.8.2010 Geeta Devi …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Hemant Bassi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Himanshu Raj, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, for respondents No.1, 2 and 4. Mr. Raman B. Garg, Advocate for respondents No.3 and 5. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed by Geeta Devi. She is aggrieved against the order dated 8.5.2010 (AnnexureP4), passed by the Returning Officer, Municipal Committee, Barwala, vide which he rejected the nomination papers, submitted by her, from ward No.12, on the ground that the petitioner's name was not found in the Voters' List. Vide Annexure P5 dated 8.5.2010, the Returning Officer, Municipal Committee, Barwala, passed a detailed order stating that the proposer, who is husband of the petitioner and the petitioner herself are not voters, as per electoral rolls. Therefore, the nomination papers of the petitioner were liable to be rejected. Civil Writ Petition No. 8474 of 2010 2 In the present writ petition, it is pleaded that the petitioner and her husband have been issued identity cards by the Election Commission of India. Thus, with a malafide intention, on the eve of election, their names were omitted from the electoral rolls. Be that as it may, by now the elections have been held. As a result of the polls conducted, a successful candidate has assumed the office. The remedy available with the petitioner is to file an election petition against the rejection of her candidature/nomination papers. Any defect in the electoral rolls, after the election having been held, can be no ground for the Writ Court to entertain the present writ petition. Since the elections are already over, the prayer of the petitioner that the Returning Officer be directed to consider her candidature as valid and permit her to contest the election from ward No.12 of Municipal Committee, Barwala, cannot be entertained. Hence, the present writ petition is hereby dismissed. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge August 16, 2010 “DK”