RAJESH KUMAR v. STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER U.P. LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
/11784/2025 · 2025-12-04
Amitabh Kumar Rai, Sangeeta Chandra
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11784 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J.
HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J.
1. We have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the State Election Commission. 2. This writ petition has been filed with the following main prayers:-
"i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the opp. parties to forthwith correct the Panchayat Voter List of Village Panchayat Kandari, Block and Tehsil Mahmudabad, District Sitapur by deleting the forge entry of the opposite party no.4 and include the name of the petitioner and his mother within such time bound period as may be deemed fit, just and proper by this Hon'ble Court."
3. It is the case of the petitioner that he is Ex-Gram Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Bambhouri, Block and Tehsil Mahmudabad, District- Sitapur and he has been earlier elected in 2005 and continue till 2010, then he was again elected as Gram Pradhan in 2015 and continue till 2021. The petitioner has shifted his house in the year 2024 and started living at village Shahjadpur, which is Hamlet of Village Kandari, and has been issued a domicile certificate on 30.08.2025 by the Competent Authority. The petitioner's father has moved an appropriate application in Form-7 on 26.09.2025 for removing the name of the petitioner and his mother from Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anshuman Singh, Karan Srivastava, Vipul Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Anurag Kumar Singh Rajesh Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Election Commissioner U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)
the voter list of Gram Panchayat Bambhouri. The name of the petitioner and his mother were expunged from the voter list of Gram Panchayat Bambhouri and it was added in the voter list of Village Shahjadpur. However, his name has now been removed from the voter list without any reason. Hence this writ petition has been filed. 4. Sri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the State Election Commission has relied upon Rule 9 and 10 of the U.P. Panchayat Raj (Registration of Electors) Rules, 1994 and he says that the prescribed format is also given under the said Rules in the Schedule. The petitioner may file his application in Form-2 for inclusion of his name in the Electoral Role of Village Shahjadpur. 5.
Accordingly, we disposed of this writ petition with a direction to the petitioner to move an appropriate application in the prescribed format within a week. If such an application is made, the same shall be considered in accordance with law and an appropriate order passed thereon within two weeks thereafter. December 4, 2025 Darpan Sharma WRIC No. 11784 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- DARPAN SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench