-: 1 :- HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition No. 6141 of 2009 Pune University & College Teachers Organisation (local Unit) ..Petitioner. Versus The Chief Election Commission of India. ..Respondents. Mr. S. M. Oak i/b Mr. Sagar Joshi for the Petitioner. Coram : S. B. Mhase & R. M. Savant, JJ. Date : August 7, 2009. P. C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner. This petition is filed by the Pune University & College Teachers Organisation. The grievance of the Petitioner is that their services cannot be requisitioned by the Election Commission for election duty. This contention is based on Article 324(6) of the Constitution of India. The said Article reads thus : “(6) The President, or the Governor of a State, shall, when so requested by the Election Commission, make available to the Election Commission or to a Regional Commissioner such staff as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions conferred on the Election Commission by clause (1).” -: 2 :- 2. On reading the said provision, we do not find any prohibition in the said Article to requisition the teachers of the colleges. The Election Commission can requisition staff for election work by making a request to the President or the Governor of the concerned State. Apart from that, the staff members of the aided colleges is paid by the Government. There is no substance in the contention of the Petitioner that only the staff of the State Government or Central Government can be requisitioned. Petition is, therefore, dismissed. (R.M.SAVANT, J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.)