1 2025:CGHC:21033 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 2250 of 2020 1 - Chandrabhan Temre S/o Late Shri Jagdish Ram Temre Aged About 49 Years R/o- Village And Post- Badgaon, Tehsil And Police Station- Dondilohara, District- Balod, C.G., Presently Working As Panch, Ward No.- 16, Gram Panchayat- Badgaon, Tehsil And Police Station- Dondilohara, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner versus 1 - Bhushan Lal Barle S/o Shri Ramnath Barle Aged About 42 Years Caste- Satnami, R/o- Village/gram Panchayat- Badgaon, Tehsil- Dondilohara, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh 2 - Ahilmati Tandon W/o Shri Girish Tandon Aged About 34 Years Caste- Satnami, R/o- Village/gram Panchayat- Badgaon, Tehsil- Dondilohara, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh 3 - Returning Officer (Panchayat Election) Block/ Tehsil- Dondilohara, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh 4 - Presiding Officer (Panchayat Election) Poling Booth No. 191, Ward No. 16, Gram Panchayat- Badgaon, Block/ Tehsil- Dondilohara, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Sub- Divisional Officer (Revenue) Dondilohara, District- Balod, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner : Shri Anurag Sonwani, Advocate holding the brief of Shri Pawan Shrivastava, Advocate. For Respondents No.1 & 2 : Shri Pallav Mishra, Advocate. For Respondent/ State : Ms. Shailja Shukla, Dy.G.A. SMT NIRMALA RAO -2- Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 07.05.2025 1. Respondent No.1 challenged the election of the petitioner, who was elected as Panch of Gram Panchayat, Badgaon, Ward No.16 on the ground that he does not belong to the Scheduled Caste category by filing an election petition. The Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue), vide order dated 4.9.2020, allowed the election petition and declared the election of the petitioner null and void. The petitioner challenged the said order by filing this petition, and an interim order was granted on 29.1.2020. The tenure of the Panch has already expired in January, 2025, and new elections have already been held in the State of Chhattisgarh. 2. Accordingly, this petition has become infructuous and is, therefore, dismissed. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge Nimmi