-1- 2025:CGHC:28489 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 1608 of 2019 Manish Surana S/o Late Shri Manaklal Surana Aged About 37 Years R/o Mahaveer Nagar, Ward No. 6, Geedam Block And Tahsil Geedam District Dantewada Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner versus 1 - Sunil Kumar Nagesh S/o Shri Mehattar Ram Nagesh Aged About 31 Years R/o Village Bade Paneda, Block And Tahsil Geedam, Block And Tahsil Geedam District Dantewada Chhattisgarh. 2 - Sukhram Nag S/o Shri Sonuram Nag R/o Heeranar, Block And Tahsil Geedam District Dantewada Chhattisgarh. 3 - Karan Singh Thakur S/o Shri Shankar Singh Thakur R/o Village Gumda , Block And Tahsil Geedam District Dantewada Chhattisgarh. 4 - Dhinuram Lekami Rout S/o Late Mithuram Yadav R/o Village Karli Pujari Para, Block And Tahsil Geedam, District Dantewada Chhattisgarh. 5 - Jagdish Prasad S/o Shri Yadav Prasad Dubey R/o Village Haram Block And Tahsil Geedam District Dantewada Chhattisarh. 6 - The Presiding Officer Booth No. 2, Haram, Block And Tahsil Geedam District Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. 7- The Returning Officer, Zila Panchayat Dantewada, District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. Digitally signed by NADIM MOHLE -2- 8 - The Deputy Returning Officer Zila Panchayat Dantewada, District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. 9 - The District Returning Officer Zila Panchayat, Dantewada, District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. 10 - State of Chhattisgarh Through The Collector, Dantewada, District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. 11 - The Director (Panchayat) Directorat of Panchayat, Chhattisgarh, Indrawati Bhawan, New Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. Arvind Shrivastava, Advocate For State : Mr. Prateek Tiwari, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 27.06.2025 1) The instant writ petition is directed against the impugned order dated 25.04.2019 (Annexure P/1) passed in Case No.10/Court of Director (Panchayat)/2014-15, whereby the respondent No. 11 has allowed the election petition filed by respondent No. 1 and declared the election of the petitioner to the Office of Member, Zila Panchayat, Dantewada, Constituency No. 6, District Dantewada void. 2) From a perusal of the impugned order, it is apparent that the election of the panchayat was held in the year 2020, and the five-year term of the Zila Panchayat has already expired, and new elections have been conducted in February, 2025; thus, the present petition has become unacademic and is accordingly dismissed at the admission stage itself. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge Nadim