IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 8428 of 2010 Decided on: 05.01.2011 Jagdish Chand & Ors. …. Petitioners Versus State Election Commission & Ors. …. Respondents Coram : The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge For the petitioners: Mr. B.C. Negi, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Onkar Jairath, Advocate, for respondent No. 1. Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No. 2 and 3. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral): The petitioners approached this Court with certain grievances regarding deletion of their names from Ward No. 5 of Gram Panchayat Kuhant. By virtue of interim order passed by this Court, they were permitted to cast their votes in Ward No. 5. 2. The counsel for both sides submit that as far as the scope of the writ petition is concerned, nothing survives to be considered in this case and it can be closed with liberty to the aggrieved persons, if any, 2 to pursue their grievance in appropriately constituted election petition. Ordered accordingly and the petition is closed, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice (Justice V.K. Ahuja ), January 05, 2011 Judge (BSS/SDS) 3