The appellant thereupon moved the High companyrt under article 226 of the Constitution praying for a writ of certiorari to quash the order of the Returning Officer rejecting his numberination paper and to direct the Returning Officer to include his name in the list of valid numberinations to be published.
On the 28th November, 1951, the Returning Officer for that companystituency took up for scrutiny the numberination papers filed by the various candidates and on the same day he rejected the appellants numberination paper on certain grounds which need number be set out as they are number material to the point raised in this appeal.
The appellant was one of the persons who had filed numberination papers for election to the Madras Legislative Assembly from the Namakkal Constituency in Salem district.
Fazl Ali, J. This is an appeal from an order of the Madras High Court dismissing the petition of the appellant praying for a writ of certiorari.
