Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:68709 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5541 of 2018 Petitioner :- Hem Singh Respondent :- Brij Pal And 14 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kshitij Shailendra (Elevated) Counsel for Respondent :- Bhawesh Pratap Singh,C.S.C. Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. 1. Office report dated 14.11.2024 indicates that notice issued to petitioner has been served as per tracking report of post office but no one has put in appearance on behalf of petitioner. 2. In view of the said office report, notice upon petitioner is deemed sufficient. 3. From perusal of material on record, it transpires that an election was held for gram panchayat and petitioner having lost the said election had filed an election petition under Section 12-C of U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947. The said election petition was dismissed, against which a revision has been preferred, which has also been dismissed. 4. As term of Village Pradhan is of five years and fresh elections have taken place in the year 2021, thus, the term of previous elections, held in the year 2015, had already been come to an end and present writ petition has become infructuous. 5. Writ petition is dismissed, accordingly. Order Date :- 1.5.2025 Shekhar Digitally signed by :- SHASHI SHEKHAR PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad