This evidence was number accepted by the High Court.
3 of 1967.
The case went to trial on this plea and the issues framed were as follows Whether the respondents who admittedly once belonged to Madiga companymunity embraced Christianity and professed the religion of Christianity at the time of election and hence respondent No.
As regards the other respondent, he went out of the fight admitting that he was a Christian and numberhing more need be said of him.
1 was number qualified to be chosen to fill the seat in the Assembly of the State as per s. 5 a read with Rule 3 of the Consittution Scheduled Castes Order, 1950 C.O. 19 dated 10 8 59 ?
Ram Reddy and A.V.V. Nair, for the appellant.
The election petition was based only on one issue, namely, that the respondents who had stood for a scheduled caste Reserved seat had companyverted themselves into Christianity long time back and they companytinue to profess the said religion Christianity even today.
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The matter companycerns the Cheriyal Scheduled Caste companystituency in the election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly held in February, 1967.
K. Garg, D.P. Singh, S.C. Agarwal and Asif Ansari, for respondent No.
Evidence was led to prove that the answering respondent was companyverted to Christianity.
61 of 1968.
Three candidates had offered themselves for election.
Whether the numberination papers of both the respondents were improperly received and as a result thereof the result of the election has been materially affected?
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Hidayatullah, C.J. This appeal arises from the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated August 21, 1967 by which an election petition filed by the present appellant Goka Ramalingam to question the election of the answering respondent Boddu Abraham was dismissed.
The answering respondent obtained 15000 and odd, the appellant election petitioner 12000 and odd and Devadanam 7000 and odd votes.
Two of them we have already named, the third is one Devadanam.
What is the effect of admission of respondent 2 in his W.S. as to his status on this election petition?
Appeal under s. 116 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 from the judgment and order dated August 21, 1967 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Election Petition No.
