IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 8876 of 2010 Date of Decision: 04.02.2011 Mukesh Jain ...Petitioner Versus Haryana State Election Commission & others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : None for the petitioner. Mr. Arvind Singh, Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. Anil Rathee, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana for respondents No.2 to 4. **** RANJAN GOGOI, A.C.J.(Oral) This PIL has been filed seeking an order/direction for rejection of the nomination papers of the candidates for election of members of the Municipal Committees in the State of Haryana which took place in June, 2010. Such interference has been prayed for in respect of the candidates who had contested the election from a particular ward without being registered as a voter of that ward. The argument that the petitioner raises is contrary to the provisions of the Rule 21 of the Haryana Municipal Election Rules, 1978. Though a veiled attempt has been made to assail the provisions of the Rules, we remain unimpressed by the same. That apart, the CWP No. 8876 of 2010 [2] elections having already taken place, the result of the elections can only be challenged by way of an election petition under Section 75 of the Rules and not by means of a PIL. We have also noticed that the petitioner has an element of personal interest in the present matter as he had himself contested the election and had lost the same. Taking into account all the aforesaid circumstances, we are of the view that this PIL ought not to be entertained any further. It is accordingly dismissed. No costs. (RANJAN GOGOI) ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE 04.02.2011 'ravinder'