IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8997 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: May 17, 2010 Kalashwati Devi .....Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vipin Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) Petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing order dated 8.5.2010 (Annexure P-4) passed by respondent No.4 whereby her nomination papers were rejected. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to rule 23(5) of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, to contend that Returning Officer has power to permit any clerical error in nomination papers to be corrected with regard to names or numbers and to bring them in conformity with the corresponding entries in the roll. According to learned counsel, Returning Officer also has power to overlook any clerical or printing error in the nomination papers. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and gone through the paper-book of the case. C.W.P. No.8997 of 2010 - 2 - A perusal of nomination papers (Annexure P-4) shows that at three places, the petitioner did not enter the required particulars and same were left blank. The relevant portion is reproduced hereinbelow for ready reference: - "His name is entered at serial No._____ in ward No.______ of the electoral roll for the ____ Committee." It is clear from the above that important details pertaining to the petitioner were not filled up in the nomination papers. I am of the considered view that this cannot be termed as a clerical error in terms of Rule 23(5) and thus, said provision would not be attracted to facts of the instant case. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. May 17, 2010 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2