25.09.2026 Court No.25 D/L No.198 S. Gayen In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 23496 of 2026 Md Tofajul Hosssain Versus The Election Commission of India & Ors. Mr. Sk. Zubair Ahmed …for the Petitioner Ms. Anamika Pandey …for the ECI Mr. Ankit Kumar Mishra …for the State 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Appellate Tribunal has taken up the matter without any notice and without giving any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and excluded the name of the petitioner from the e-roll. He prays for a direction upon the Appellate Tribunal to restore the appeal preferred by the petitioner and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and to dispose of the appeal as early as possible. 2. Considering the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Appellate Tribunal is requested to restore the appeal preferred by the petitioner and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner to dispose of the appeal as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order. 3. Accordingly, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. 2 4. Urgent certified Photostat copy, if applied for, be given to the parties after compliance with all requisite formalities. (Krishna Rao, J.)