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NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2001/PHALGUNA 12, 1922

Separate Paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a

separate compilation

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (III)

Offers and Notifications is issued by Central Authorities (other than the Administrations of Union Territories).

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

New Delhi, the 14th February, 2001

O.N. 44.—In pursuance of

section

106/111

of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43

of 1951), the Election Commission hereby publishes

the judgement of the High Court of Madras, dated

19-1-2001 in Election Petition Diary No. 8383 of

1998.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT

MADRAS

(Original Jurisdiction)

Friday, the Nineteenth day of January Two Thousand

and One.

495 GI/2001

(79)

80 .

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : MARCH 3, 2U0I, PHALGUNA 12, 1922

[PART Jl—Sec 3flii)l

CORAMS

THE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE K. SAMPATH

Election Petition

Diary No. 8383 of 1998

P. S. Stanislaus,

S[O Mr. Smgurayan,

Ja'AL.hi.f rilam.

No. 8, Bl Chidambaranathan Street,

Raraavurmapuram,

Nagercoil 629 001

Kanyakumari District.

Petitioner.

Vs.

1. N. Dennis

So. Mr. Nallathambi

William Compound.

Main Road, Marthaiidam 4 Post

Nulloor Village

ViJavancode Taluk

Kanyakumari District.

2. Pon. Ra.lhakrishnan,

S|o. Ponniah Ayappart

Ramakri;;hna Niluymn

S.L.B. South Road,

Nageicoil 629 001

Kanyakumari Disfiict.

3. Mr, Iyappan

Slo. Appuvoo

No. 15/18 Ililankathuvilai Veedu

P;tbce Road, Thuckalai and Post

Thucknlai Village.

Kalculam Taluk

Kanyakumari District.

4. Mr Peer Mohamed,

S|o. Uduman Mohaidecn,

No. 13-B, Illathar Street

Krishnankoil,

Nagcrcoil 629 0OI

Kanyakumari District.

5. Mr. Joseph,

S!o Ponnuraoiii,

"Thankom Cottage'

Kattukadai, Palappallam Post,

Keczmidulam Village,

Villavancodc Taluk

Kanyakumari District.

6. The Returning Officer,

No. 39 Nagfercoil Parliamentary

Constituency and

District Collector,

Kanyakumari District,

NagercoJI 629 001.

..Respondents

Petition praying that this Hon'ble Court may be

pleased to :

(a) declare that election of the first Respon-

dent to the No. 39 NagercoiJ Parliamen-

tary Constituency in the Election held on

22-2-1998, is null and void.

(b) declare that petitioner is duly elected candi-

date of the No. 39, Nagercoil Parliamentary

Constituency

in

the

election held on

22-2-1998.

(c) award unsls and giant further reliefs as this

Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper

and thus render justice.

The above unnumbered Election Petition coining

on this ilay before this Couit foi hearing in the pre-

sence of Mr. S. James counsel for the Petitioner and

upon perusing Lhe petition filed herein, -and all the

material documents, this Court made the following

Order :

"The election petition has been riled challeng-

ing the election of the first respondent for

the 12th Lnk Sabha. After the filing of the

election ptflition, the 12th Lok Sabha was

dissolved, and elections were conducted for

the 13th

Lok Sabha.

In thebe

circum-

stances 1 do

not think anything survives

in the election petition. Consequently, the

petition is dismissed as infructuous.

How-

ever, it is open to th;

petitioner to have

The matter restored,

in case he wants to

pursue the -IPalter."

Witness, the Hon'ble

Thiru

Justice

Nagcndra

Kumar Jain, Chief Justice at Madras aforesaid this

the Nineteenth day of January Two Thousand and

One.

K. KARUPPUH, Assistant Registrar

dt. 1 -2-2001.

Original Side-ll

Election Petition

Dinry No. 8383 of 1998

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE

K. SAMPATH

ORDER DATED : 19-1-2001

For Approval : 1-2-2001.

Approved on : 1-2-2001.

[No. S2/TN-HP/S383/98]

By Order,

BABU RAM, Secy.

81

New Delhi, the 20th February, 2001

b.N.

45.—In

exercise

of

the

powers,

con-

ferred by sub-section (1) of section

13

of

the

Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950)

the Election

Commission of Tudia in consultation

with Government of

Karnataka

hereby nominates

Shri Dilip Rau IAS(KT : 72), as the Chief Electo-

ral Officer for the State of Karnataka with effect

from the date he takes over charge and until further

orders vice Shri S. K. Hajra, TAS.

2. Shri Dilip Rau shall cease to hold and

hand

over forthwith the charge of all or any charges

of

work under ibe Government of Karnataka, which he

may be holding before such assumption of office.

3. Shri Dilip Rau while functioning as the Chief

Electoral Officer, Karnataka shall not hold any addi-

tional charge whatsoever under the Government of

Karnataka except that he should be designated Sec-

retary to the

Government

in charge of Election

Department in the State Secretariat.

[No. 154]KT|2001-P. Admn.]

By Order,

A. N. JHA, Director (Admn.)

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