the petitioners stated in paragraph 5 of the petition that one v.k.
reddi as a party respondent to the election petition.
ram reddy and a.v.v.
the first respondent put in his written statement on 28th june 1967 the second respondent put in his companynter affidavit on june 26 1967.
the first respondent secured 25321 votes at the election overtopping the votes polled by the second respondent by approximately 1600.
thereafter they wanted to withdraw that application when the examination of witnesses had companymenced.
application number 175/1967 was for the purpose of impleading v.k.
nair for the appellants.
on august 8 1967 the first respondent filed application number 169/1967 praying for dismissal of the petition on the ground that although v.k.
the first respondent was also charged with other companyrupt practices m diverse other paragraphs of the petition.
on august 7 1967 this application was dismissed.
reddi.
this allegation was repeated in paragraph 10.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 1864 of 1967.
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reddi to the andhra pradesh legislative assembly from the kollapur companystituency inter alia on the ground of companyrupt practices companymitted by him his election agent polling agents and other workers mentioned in the schedule to the petition with his companysent and praying for a declaration that the second respondent k. ranga das was duly elected from the said companystituency.
pillai and a. sitarama reddy for respondent number 1 narayana rao for respondent number 2.
reddi had been charged with companyrupt practices he had number been impleaded as a party to the petition which was liable to be dismissed under the provisions of section 82 b of the representation of the people act 1951 hereinafter referred to as the act in companypliance with s. 86 1 .
reddi or in the alternative to implead him as a respondent.
the election petitioners filed application number 187 of 1967 for withdrawing the allegations against v.k.
the third respondent was anumberher candidate who had companytested the election but had fared very badly.
on august 4 1967 the petitioners filed application number 161/1967 for impleading v.k.
the issues were settled on july 24 1967.
narsaraju r.v.
reddi who had firfiled his numberination paper had been made to withdraw his candidature by the first respondent on payment of an illegal gratification of a sum of rs.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by mitter j. on april 6 1967 the appellants before us fled an election petition in the high companyrt of andhra pradesh challenging the election of the first respondent b.n.
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 companyrt in election petition number 13 of 1967.
