Ct.No.25 D/L 07.08.2026 157 Saikat Mukherjee WPA/16014/2026 MD. SAMIM HASMI VS. THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS. Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Pronay Basak, Adv. Ms. Trisha Rakshit, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Datta, Adv. …For the Petitioner Ms. Anamika Pandey, Adv. …For the Respondents/ Election Commission of India Mr. Nripendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Agarwala, Adv. …For the State 1. The petitioner has filed the present writ application with the prayer for a direction upon the SIR Tribunal to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner. 2. Considered the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. This Court finds that the only grievance of the petitioner is that the appeal filed by the petitioner before the Appellate Tribunal is pending. 4. In view of above, the Appellate Tribunal is requested to consider and dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from date. 5. WPA 16014 of 2026 is disposed of. 6. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all the necessary formalities. (Krishna Rao, J.)