NARENDRA KUMAR TRIPATHI v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NIRVACHAN SADAN THRU. CHAIRMAN AND 3 OTHERS
WPIL/1272/2025 · 2025-12-17
Arun Bhansali, Jaspreet Singh
Public Interest Litigationbody2025
DailyLaw.ai
[ 2025 DAILYLAW 183509 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
DailyLaw.ai
[ 2025 DAILYLAW 183509 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
Judgment text
Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.
.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1272 of 2025 Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J.
1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to ensure that the Guidelines issued for the purpose of Special Intensive Revision ('SIR') of Electoral Rolls for the purpose of election of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha be also made applicable for the purpose of Three Level Panchayat Election.
2. Though the prayer made is of the nature seeking use of Guidelines for the said purpose, the essential prayer, which is being made is that when the SIR as proposed by the Election Commission of India is being undertaken, why at the instance of the State Election Commission the said procedure is being undertaken.
3. Seeking to question the SIR procedure adopted by the State Election Commission, there is absolutely no reason for this Court to interfere, Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anumesh Mishra, Awadhesh Kumar Tiwari, Mohd. Shahanshah Newaz Khan, Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Sanjai Kumar Pandey . Counsel for Respondent(s) : O.P. Srivastava (Sr. Adv.) with Anupriya Srivastava,Avinash Singh Vishen, Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary (Sr. Adv.) with Ayush Chaudhary Narendra Kumar Tripathi .....Petitioner(s) Election Commission of India Nirvachan Sadan thru. Chairman and 3 others .....Respondent(s)
wherein the procedure has started way back on 18.07.2025 and the provisional list is due to be published on 23.12.2025.
4. The petition has no substance, the same is, therefore, dismissed. December 17, 2025 Mukesh Pal/Asheesh WPIL No. 1272 of 2025 2 (Jaspreet Singh,J.) (Arun Bhansali,CJ.) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench