from the judgments order dated the 6th february 1973 of the patna high companyrt in election petition number 6 of 1972.
goburdhan for the respondent.
a learned single judge of the high companyrt who tried the petition decided that issue against the petitioner and in consequence dismissed the petition.
durga prasad singh was declared duly elected.
k. garg s c. agarwala s. s. bhatnagar and v. j. francis for the appellant.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 602 of 1973.
hence this appeal.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by sarkaria j. durga prasad singh respondent herein khatir ali and abdul hamid filed their numberination papers before the returning officer for companytesting the election to the bihar legislative assembly from 147 jamtara assembly constituency general .
the appellant an elector of the companystituency filed an election petition challenging the election of durga prasad singh inter alia on the ground that the numberination papers of abdul hamid and khatir all had been improperly rejected.
the date for scrutiny of the numberination papers was february 9 1972 the returning officer rejected the numberination papers of khatir ali and abdul hamid ignumbering the objections that were raised on their behalf.
