IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15589 of 2009 Jawahar Lal Paswan, son of Shiv Narayan Paswan, resident of Village Suriyari, P.S. Amarpur, District Banka …….. Petitioner versus 1. The State of Bihar through Director-cum-Secretary, Co-operative Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The District Magistrate, Banka 3. The District Co-operative Officer, Banka 4. The Returning Officer, Banka 5. The Block Development Officer, Amarpur, Banka 6. Sajad Khan, son of Sharkhr Khan, resident of village Sultanpur, P.S. Amarpur, District Banka ……. Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner: Mr. Nageshwar Prasad, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Anant Kumar, A.C. to S.C.IX. -------- 02/ 22.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State and its authorities. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the result dated 08.10.2009, by which the result was illegally declared in favour of respondent no.6 by the Returning Officer, Banka (respondent no.4). 3. After some argument, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition for filing an election petition before the Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Banka under the provisions of sections 10 and 11 of the Bihar State Election Authority Act, 2008. 4. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn with the said liberty. However, if the petitioner files the said election petition within fifteen days 2 from today, the said authority, considering the time taken during the pendency of this writ petition, shall decide the said election petition on merits expeditiously. MPS/ ( S. N. Hussain, J. )