1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2690 OF 2009 Ramesh Dattatraya Adhav ... Petitioner V/s. Sachin Rangnath Bhagat & Ors. ... Respondents Mr. G.S. Godbole i/b. Ms. Jai V. Kanade for the Petitioner. Mr. S.M. Gorwadkar for Respondent No.1. Mr. A.P. Kulkarni for Respondent Nos.17 to 19. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE : 19TH JUNE, 2009 P.C. : 1. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order of the Small Causes Court dated 23rd October, 2008 in an Election Petition filed by him. The petitioner has filed this Petition against the returned candidate i.e. Respondent No.1. The petitioner has filed two applications; one for examining the Returning Officer and the other for production of the voters’ list. This is because according to the petitioner the names of the persons who were dead still continued on the voters’ list and others had voted instead of them and some names had been incorporated twice in the voters’ list. 2 2. While refusing permission and rejecting the application, the learned Judge of the trial court has found that the difference in votes between the elected candidate and the petitioner was 1822 votes which admittedly is wrongly recorded and it should have been recorded as 1920. The petitioner has only disputed 3 votes as being incorrect and therefore the result would not be materially different, even assuming these votes were counted as those of the petitioner’s. 3. Petition is rejected. ......