FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGBAD. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Office notes, office Memoranda of | coram, appearance, court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s orders. or directions and Registrar’s orders | WRIT PETITION NO.2192/2010 Shri M.S.Deshmukh h/f Shri A.B.Madke,Adv.for petitioner Shri V.H.Dighe,AGP for R.State. Shri V.Y.Patil,Adv.for R.2. .... CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL & N.D.DESHPANDE,JJ. DATE : 1ST APRIL, 2010. 1] Heard. 2] The petitioner challenges the final list of voters. According to the petitioner, by order dated 28/1/2010, the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Jamner, Dist.Jalgaon set aside the provisional list of voters and directed to prepare fresh provisional voters list. Accordingly list was prepared and published on 3/2/2010. The petitioner filed a representation with Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies on 6/2/2010 raising certain objections to the list. The petitioner filed Writ Petition on 22/2/2010. 3] The learned A.G.P. submits that the election programme was declared on 5/3/2010. Today is the date for withdrawal of nominations. 4] The learned counsel Shri Deshmukh submits that the valid voters list is the foundation of elections. The final voters list is not valid and therefore, the elections are required to be stayed and the voters list shall be treated as provisional one so that the petitioner can lodge his objections. 5] We find that the petitioner lost vital time after voters list was published, in prosecuting his legal remedies. The election programme was already declared and it has proceeded. The elections are imminent. 6] In this view of the matter, we are not inclined to interfere in the matter in exercise of extra ordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Writ Petition is dismissed. These observations shall not affect petitioner’s right to raise this issue in an appropriate alternate statutory forum. [N.D.DESHPANDE,J.] [NARESH H.PATIL,J.] umg/wp2192-10