Civil Revision No. 2374 of 2009 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 2374 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 31.07.2009 Baljinder Singh ....Petitioner Versus Bhupinder Singh and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD K. SHARMA Present: - Mr. A.S. Syan, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** VINOD K. SHARMA, J (ORAL) CM No. 10158-CII of 2009 Allowed. The petitioner is exempted from filing the certified copies of Annexure P-1 to P-2. CR No. 2374 of 2009 This revision petition is directed against the order dated 6.1.2009 passed by the learned Election Tribunal, Ludhiana, vide which the application moved by the petitioner for staying the operation of the Civil Revision No. 2374 of 2009 (O&M) -2- result dated 26.5.2008, declaring respondent No. 1 as returned candidate, has been dismissed. Learned Election Tribunal, on perusal of the documents and material placed on record, came to the conclusion, that no ground for stay is made out. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends, that votes polled by the petitioner were, in fact, more than the votes polled by respondent No. 1 and, therefore, it was a case for stay of operation of the declaration of the result. It is well settled law, that elected representative cannot be restrained from functioning, as such the prayer made is against the principles of democracy. The revision petition being totally mis- conceived is ordered to be dismissed. (Vinod K. Sharma) Judge July 31, 2009 R.S.