IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1316 of 2005 (M/S) Smt. Ishrat Bano W/o Sri Julfikar Resident of Village- Banheda Tanda Block-Naarsan Tehsil-Roorkee District-Haridwar. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. The Prescribed Auditority /Sub-Divisional–Officer (S.D.O.) Roorkee District-Haridwar. 2. Smt. Seema W/o Sri Shamim Ahmad R/o Gali No.-6, House No. 399/6 Zakir Nagar New Delhi. 3. Kamar Jahan W/o Sri Akhlaak. 4. Jamsheeda W/o Sri Siftain. 5. Tabasum W/o Sri Jafruddin. 6. Nasreen W/o Sri Mohtram. 7. Rajiya W/o Sri Nayeem. All the respondents No. 3 to 7 are resident of Village-Banheda Tanda Block Naarsan, Tehsil-Roorkee District-Haridwar. 8. Smt. Murti W/o Sri Balram R/o- Village Nathukhedi, Gram Panchyat- Banheda Tanda Block-Naarsan, Tehsil-Roorkee District- Haridwar. 9. State of Uttaranchal through District-Magistrate, Haridwar. 10. District Election Officer/District-Magistrate Haridwar. 11. Deputy Election Officer/Block Development Officer Naarsan Tehsil Roorkee District-Haridwar. ….Respondents. Mr. Jitendra Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Rajendra Singh, Advocate for the Respondents No. 1 to 4 Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, Addl. C.S.C. for the State Dated:-20-04-2010 Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel of the petitioner and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in nature of certiorari for quashing the Judgment and order dated 05.11.2005 passed by the respondent no.1 i.e. The Prescribed Authority/Sub-Divisional-Magistrate (S.D.M.) Roorkee District- 2 Haridwar in Election Petition No. 02/2005, Smt. Ishrat Bano Versus Smt. Seema & others, annexed as annexure No. 1 to the writ petition whereby the election petition was dismissed. Counter affidavit has been filed by the State wherein it is stated in para No. 4 that the petitioner has an alternate remedy to file revision before the District Judge. I have perused the Section 12 © (6) of the U.P/Uttaranchal Panchayat Raj, Act. 1947, the aggrieved party may assail the order of the Prescribed Authority, which was passed under sub-section (1) within thirty days from the date of the order applied to the District Judge. Since, the alternate remedy of statutory appeal is available to the petitioner under Section 12 © (6) of the U.P/Uttaranchal Panchayat Raj, Act. 1947. The writ petition is dismissed on the ground of alternate remedy. With the above facts and circumstance of the case, the writ petition is dismissed on the ground of alternate remedy. All pending applications stand disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma, J.) 20-04-2010 MK 3