S. Pathak, N. P. Nathwani, H. J. Thackar and G. C. Mathur, for the appellant in C.A. No 31 of 1963 .
30 of 1963 .
C. Agarwala, R. K. Garg, D. P. Singh and M. K. Ramamurthi, for respondent No.
2 in C. A. No.
Appeals by special leave from the judgment and order dated August 31, 1962, of the Rajasthan High Court in D. B Civil Writ Petitions Nos.
One of these was filed by one Ridmal Singh who stated that he was an elector in the said companystituency.
30 of 1963 .
K. Garg, for respondent No.
Two election petitions were filed for setting aside the election of the appellant.
K. Krishna Menon and Janardan Sharma for the Intervener.
30 and 31 of 1963.
31 of 1963 .
The judgment of the Court was delivered by K. DAS J. These two appeals have been heard together as they raise some companymon questions of law and fact, and this judgment will govern them both.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos.
The appellant before us, Murarka Radhey Shyam Ram Kumar was elected to the House of the People at the third general elections held in the month of February, 1962.
Another application was filed by one Balji who was also an elector in the said Parliamentary Constituency and whose numberination paper was rejected by the returning officer.
May 7.
The Election Tribunal dealt with these preliminary objections by its orders dated August 13, 1962.
C. Setalvad, G. S. Pathak, N. P. Nathwani, H. J. Thacker and G. C. Mathur for the appellant in C.A. No.
376 and 377 of 1962.
Thereupon the appellant filed two writ petitions in the High Court of Rajasthan by which he prayed that the orders of the Election Tribunal dated August 13, 1962, and certain companysequential orders passed on August 14, 1962, be quashed and that an order or direction be issued to the Election Tribunal to dismiss the two election petitions on the main ground that they do number companyply with certain mandatory provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, hereinafter referred to as the Act.
The appellant then applied for special leave to this companyrt and having obtained such leave, has preferred the present appeals.
It dismissed the preliminary objections.
He was elected from a companystituency known as the jhunjhunu Parliamentary Constituency in Rajasthan.
These two writ petitions were dismissed by the High Court by its order dated August 31, 1962.
