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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, S.166 (6)

2010(3) LAW HERALD (P&H) 2066
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
Before
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta
Civil Writ Petition No.9877 of 2010
Jubena Khatun
v.
State Election Commissioner Haryana & Ors.
{Decided on 28/05/2010}
For the Petitioner: Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Advocate.
Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, S.166 (6)--Amendment in voter list--Belated Claim-- Petitioner sought direction to include her name in voter list--After publication of draft voter- list, official respondents had invited objections from inhabitants of village--Number of objections were received--Despite fact that petitioner is stated to be politically active, she did not submit any objection to draft voter-list within prescribed period--Therefore, her name could not be included in voter-list--Election process has already been set in motion--Moreover, in view of bar contained in section 166(6) of Act, it is not possible at this stage to direct any amendment in voter-list--Interference of in writ jurisdiction not warranted. (Para 5)