IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9370 of 2009 1. Bal Kumar Chaudhary son of Late Mahendra Chaudhary, resident of village- Belhi, P.S. Kishanpur, District- Supaul. 2. Ram Lakhan Sah son of Late Mugay Sah, resident of village- Belhi, P.S. Kishanpur, District- Supaul. 3. Chandan Paswan, son of Satya Narayan Paswan, resident of village- Belhi, P.S. Kishanpur, District- Supaul. 4. Radheshyam Yadav son of Late Anuplal Yadav, resident of village- Belhi, P.S. Kishanpur, District-Supaul. …..Petitioners Versus 1. The Election Commission of India through its Secretary, New Delhi. 2. The Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, New Delhi. 3. The Returning Officer-cum-District Magistrate, Supaul. 4. The Presiding Officer of Booth No.28 under 42, Pipra Assembly Segment, District- Supaul. ….Respondents ----------- 2/ 07.08.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the Election Commission of India as well as learned counsel for the State. The petitioners have preferred this writ petition by way of public interest litigation to highlight a problem which according to the petitioners requires attention of the Election Commission of India. According to them, in the last parliamentary election in the district of Supaul in Bihar, at one of the booths allegedly 501 bonafide votes were polled but the Electronic Voting Machine showed the number of votes polled as zero. Learned counsel for Commission has submitted that if the petitioners want to claim any further relief on behalf of the voters or a candidate, then they must seek remedy in accordance with the established legal procedure and not through public interest litigation. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the - 2 - petitioners only want the Election Commission of India to study the problem in general so that public interest may not suffer in future. In view of the aforesaid stand of the petitioners, this writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to file a representation in the matter before the Election Commission of India along with a copy of this order. In case such a representation is filed, the Election Commission of India may consider the representation not as a grievance in respect of a particular election but only in general and if similar grievances have been received from other areas also, then ways and means may be found out to over come such problems in future. The writ petition stands disposed of. JA/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ) (Anjana Prakash, J.)