Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46118-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7620 of 2025 Petitioner :- Atul Kumar Verma Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Harsh Vardhan Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Anurag Kumar Singh Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Manish Mishra, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, who appears for the State-respondents, Shri Anurag Kumar Singh, who appears for the State Election Commission/respondent no.2 and perused the record. 2. This writ petition has been filed by petitioner with following main prayers: "i. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby commanding and directing to the opposite parties to conduct Polling of Votes & Counting of Votes in the by-election of Nagar Palika Parishad, Mahmudabad, Sitapur which is going to held on 11.08.2025 & 13/08/2025 Under C.C.T.V. surveillance/videography on every polling counter and table for the purpose of concluding free and fair election. ii. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby commanding and directing to the opposite parties to deploy other district police force/Paramilitary force inside and outside the counting center and conduct counting of votes in presence of a Judicial Officer. iii. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby commanding and directing to the opposite parties to restored C.C.T.V. photage of counting going to held on 13/08/2025." 3. A request of taking up the matter urgently was made by learned counsel for the petitioner in the morning saying that election is going to be held on 11.08.2025. 4. Having perused the aforesaid prayers, we put specific query to learned counsel appearing for the respondents. 5. Shri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the State Election Commission/respondent no.2 has placed before this Court an order dated 30.04.2023 issued to all the District Magistrate/District Election Officer (Panchayat and Urban Local Body), Uttar Pradesh, wherein it has been stated that videography and CCTV footage should be taken of the polling and also of the counting to be held thereafter. The instructions are kept on record. 6. Shri Manish Mishra, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents has also placed before this Court instructions dated 07.08.2025 sent to the office of Chief Standing Counsel by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Mahmudabad, Sitapur enclosing therewith letter dated 17.07.2025 issued by the Additional District Magistrate/Deputy District Election Officer (Panchayat), Sitapur, wherein it has been stated that after the order passed by the State Election Commission, necessary orders have been issued to the Executive Officer, Nagar Palika Parishad, Mahmudabad & Mishrikh -Naimisharanya, Sitapur for videography of the polling and counting to be held on 11.08.2025 and 13.08.2025, respectively. The instructions are kept on record. 7. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed of as the respondents are expecting to follow the instructions given by the State Election Commission in this regard. . (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Order Date :- 7.8.2025 Anupam S/- Digitally signed by :- ANUPAM SINGH PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench