IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN FRIDAY, THE 22ND OCTOBER 2010 / 30TH ASWINA 1932 WP(C).No. 32410 of 2010(A) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- C.B.RAJEEV, S/O.BHASKARAN, AGED 45 YEARS, CHOONDAPURAKKAL HOUSE, PANAYIKKAL, KUNNAMKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.SANTHEEP ANKARATH SRI.V.C.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-33, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISSUR-1, IN THE CAPACITY OF THE DISTRICT ELECTORAL OFFICER OF LOCAL BODIES, THRISSUR. 3. ELECTION REGISTRATION OFFICER, KUNNAMKULAM-680503. ADV. SRI.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, SC,K.S.E.COMM FOR R1 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/10/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 32410 OF 2010 -------------------------- Dated this the 22nd day of October, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner, who is a candidate in the ensuing elections to Kunnamkulam Municipality, has filed this writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to include the names of 15 voters who had submitted applications for inclusion of their names in the electoral roll relating to Ward No.17 of Kunnamkulam Municipality and to permit them to vote in the ensuing elections. 2. The Apex Court has in Lakshmi Charan Sen v. A.K.M. Hassan Uzaman (AIR 1985 SC 1233) held that the right to seek inclusion in the electoral roll is a personal right of the voter and no political party or any other person can seek the inclusion of the names of any other voter or voters in the electoral roll. In that view of the matter the petitioner cannot be heard to contend that the names of 15 voters referred to in paragraph 2 of the writ petition should be included in the electoral roll. I accordingly hold that there is no merit in the writ petition. The writ petition fails and is dismissed. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps WPC No. 2 WPC No. 3