dated 11th December, 1951, in Writ Petition No.
Ganapathi Iyer, for the 1st respondent.
Appeal under article 132 of the Constitution from the Judg ment and Order of the High Court of Judicature at Madras Subba Rao and Venkatarama Ayyar JJ.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Case No.
agreed with Fazl Ali 5.
A. Chitale, Advocate General of Madhya Bharat G. N. Joshi, with him for the State of Madhya Bharat.
746 of 1951.
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.
Rajagopal Iyengar, for the appellant.
C. Setalvad, Attorney General for India G. N. Joshi, with him for the Union of India.
351 of 1951.
Patanjali Sastri C.J., Mahajan, Mukherjea, Das and Chandrasekhara Aiyar JJ.
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. delivered Judgment as follows.
The appellant thereupon moved the High Court under article 226 of the Constitution praying for a writ of of certiorari to quash the order of the Re turning Officer rejecting his numberination paper and to direct the Returning Officer to include his name in the list of valid numberinations to be published.
January 21.
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.
