appeal from the order dated december 9 1970 of the madhya pradesh high companyrt in miscellaneous petition number 267 of 1969.
the only ground on which the election of the returned candidates was set aside is that the returned candidates in their numberination papers had merely mentioned the number of the wards for which they were candidates but had failed to mention the names of those wards.
in that election six persons ie.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 889 of 1971.
four appellants and respondents 5 and 6 in this appeal were elected.
paniwani and s. k. gambhir for respondent number 1.
thereafter the first respondent herein an elector and apparently a busy body filed a petition under article 226 of the companystitution in the high companyrt of madhya pradesh challenging the validity of the election of all the returned candidates on several grounds.
the returning officer did number find any such difficulty.
the elections were held in 1969.
2 and 3.
he accepted their numberination papers.
admittedly every ward had a specific number in addition to having a name.
the judgment of u companyrt was delivered iv hegde j. this is an appeal by certificate.
it relates to the .elections to municipal companyncil sidhi.
it is number the case of the election petitioner number is it the finding of the high companyrt that there was any difficulty in identifying the ward in which the companycerned returned candidate wanted to seek election.
s. baghel pramod swarup and s. s. khanduja for the appellants.
p. kapur for respondents number.
