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"146. In the result,
a) the Election Petition is allowed by declaring the election of the Respondent No. 1 as Member of 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 as null and void;
b) this Court declared that the Petitioner is duly elected as a member of 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency;
c) both the parties are directed to bear their own cost."

[4] The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that after passing the judgment, the applicant has filed MC (EP) No.141 of 2022 seeking the following prayers:

"2. That the deponent has filed the above referred Misc. Application under Section 116B(1) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 praying for stay of operation of the judgment and order dated 23.09.2022 during the time allowed for preferring an appeal.
MC(Election Petition) No.141 of 2022 Page |6
3. That it is humbly stated that after hearing the parties on 08/06/2022, 09/06/2022, 17/06/2022, 11/07/2022, 13/07/2022, 09/07/2022, 22/07/2022, 25/07/2022 and on 26/07/2022, the Hon'ble High Court of Manipur passed the judgment and order on 23.09.2022, allowing the Election Petition No. 1 of 2019, thereby declaring the election of the present applicant as Member of 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency to the 17 th Lok Sabha, 2019 as null and void and also declaring that the election petitioner (present respondent No.
1) is duly elected as a member of 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency.
4. That the deponent humbly submits that he got a copy of the judgment and order dated 23.09.2022 only in the evening of the of the same day around 6:00 pm through one of his counsel as the deponent, being the sitting Member of Parliament, was staying in New Delhi, and upon discussion for preferring an application under Section 116(B) of the RP Act before preferring an Appeal before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India being a remedy available as provided by law, the deponent flew down to Imphal from New Delhi on 25 th September, 2022 for preferring an application before the Hon'ble High Court of Manipur under Section 116(B)(1) of the Representation of People Act, 1951, which was proposed to be filed on 27th September, 2022. Mention may be made MC(Election Petition) No.141 of 2022 Page |7 that the judgment and order dated 23.09.2022, passed in Election Petition No.1 of 2019, was delivered on Friday and the above referred application could be filed only on 27th September, 2022 as High Court was closed on 24 th September, 2022 being a Saturday, 25th September, 2022 being a Sunday and 26th September, 2022 being a holiday due to Mera Chaoren Houba.

[10] Admittedly, this Court has passed order dated 23.09.2022 in Election Petition No.1 of 2019 declaring the applicant who is respondent No.1 in the Election Petition No.1 of 2019 about his Election as Member of 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency to the 17 th Lok Sabha, 2019 as null and void. Therefore, Mr. HS Paonam, learned senior counsel for the applicant has filed the present application under Section 116B (1) of the RP Act, 1951. [11] Section 116B of the Representation of Peoples' Act, 1951 provides:-