Himachal Pradesh Court August 1958 Judgments
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K.G. Khanna Vs. Prakash Chand and ors.
Court: Himachal Pradesh
Decided on: Aug-30-1958
Reported in: AIR1959HP20
ORDERT. Ramabhadran, J.C.1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution arises under the following circumstances:- Election of members to the Municipal Committee, Solan, was due to take place on 26-6-1958. For this purpose, the Municipal area of Solan had been divided into five wards. We ares concerned in this petition only with Ward no. 1, from which a single member was to be elected. The petitioner, Shri K. G. Khanna was a candidate for election from Ward No. 1, his nomination paper having been duly accepted. Respondents 4, 5 and 6, namely. M/s. Radhey Shyam, Hari Saran and Murali Lal Gupta, were rival candidates and their nomination-papers had also been accepted. On 24-6-1958, i.e. two days before the election was due to take place, this petition was put in by Mr. K. G. Khanna, wherein I was requested to issue a writ of mandamus to the Returning Officer (Shri Prakash Chand, respondent no. 1), the Deputy Commissioner of Mahasu, respondent no. 2, and the Union of India, respon...
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