CWP No.9848 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.9848 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 25.5.2010 Balbir Singh ...Petitioner Versus State Election Commission, Haryana & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. A.K. Sehrawat, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) Petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the final voter list issued for election to Gram Panchayat Village Dimana, Tehsil Beri, District Jhajjar as the same is alleged to include certain invalid votes. Alternatively, he has sought direction to the respondents to delete the names of those voters, who are either not residents of the village or who had died. A prayer for stay of election process has also been made. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the Panchayat elections in the State of Haryana are slated to be held on 6th June, 2010, schedule whereof has been published in the news paper (Annexure P-1). Learned counsel has argued that voter list issued for election to Gram Panchayat Dimana contains number of discrepancies which have not been removed despite representation sent by the CWP No.9848 of 2010 2 petitioner. He submits that since the procedure prescribed has not been followed, election to Gram Panchayat in question would be vitiated. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. It appears that earlier a similar petition (CWP No.6942 of 2010) pertaining to the same Gram Panchayat was filed in this court, which was disposed of vide order dated April 26, 2010. In the said case, a direction was given to the concerned authority to decide the objections filed by the objector expeditiously. There is nothing on record to show that direction issued by this court in CWP No.6942 of 2010 were not complied by the Electoral Officer. The prayer by the petitioner to quash the voter list is thus, misconceived. Admittedly, election process is already in motion and has made much headway. In view of this, interference of this court in writ jurisdiction is not warranted. This apart, only disputed questions of fact have been raised, which cannot be adjudicated upon in writ jurisdiction of this court. The petition is, thus, devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 25.5.2010 'rajpal'