The election of the petitioner Jaspal Singh Arora as President of the Municipal Council, Sehore was challenged by a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution by one Mahesh Chourasia who was a defeated candidate at the election.
That writ petition was dismissed by the High Court on the ground that the statutory remedy of challenging the election by an election petition was available under the M.P. Municipalities Act, 1961 for short the Act and, therefore, the writ petition companyld number be entertained.
Leave granted.
Thereafter, another writ petition was filed by Laxmi Narayan Rathor Respondent 4 herein to the same effect.
