Civil Writ Petition No.12279 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No.12279 of 2010 Date of Decision: 15.7.2010 Brij Pal …Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Jagbir Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The petitioner contested election for membership of Zila Parishad of District Panipat from ward No.1. The election was held on 6.7.2010 and the result thereof was declared on 12.7.2010. The petitioner was not declared as successful. He has filed the present petition on 14.7.2010. The petitioner, in the writ petition, has challenged the election of the elected candidate on the ground that while counting the votes, the officials had not only sided with the elected candidate i.e. respondent No.5 but had acted contrary to the rules. It is submitted that the petitioner, in all rounds of counting, was winning and in the last round his counting agents were pushed out of the counting hall. Therefore, the petitioner submits that the election of respondent No.5 should be set aside and recounting of the votes be ordered. To fortify his submission, Civil Writ Petition No.12279 of 2010 2 learned counsel has relied upon Rule 69 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Rules, 1994. A specific statutory remedy of an election petition is available to the petitioner to seek recounting of the votes. Therefore, this Court is hesitant to come to the rescue of the petitioner. However, in case the petitioner files the election petition, within the period of limitation, this Court expects that the Election Tribunal shall dispose of the same, expeditiously. With the observations made above, the writ petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge July 15, 2010 “DK”