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For the sake of convenience, the petitioner and the fourth respondent are referred to as the Election Petitioner and the Returned Candidate respectively.
2 The facts admitted by both sides are as under:
a While the Election Petitioner contested on the DMK ticket with Rising Sun symbol from 12, Perambur Legislative Assembly Constituency in the 2016 general election to the Tamil Nadu State Assembly, the Returned Candidate contested on the AIADMK ticket with Twin Leaf symbol from the same constituency.
f that the Returned Candidate gathered around 500 persons in S.K. Mahal in Meenambal Salai, Perambur on 16.05.2016 with a mala fide intention to spoil the peaceful polling and for influencing and threatening the voters;
g that the votes recorded by the booth agents in Part I of Form-C did not tally with the total votes recorded by the EVM and entered in Part II of Form 17-C;
h that on the date of counting, i.e., 19.05.2016, in Loyola College building, there were 21 rounds of counting and the Election Petitioner was leading upto the 19th round, but, suddenly, the Returned Candidate's agents Saravanan and Lakshmi Narayanan picked up quarrel with the counting officers and stopped the counting process for 15 minutes and this was taken advantage of by the Returned Candidate to manipulate the EVM in his favour;
7 On these pleadings, this Tribunal framed the following issues on 12.10.2017:
1 Whether the petitioner is entitled for the relief of declaration declaring the election of the returned candidate, namely, P. Vetrivel, the fourth respondent herein in respect of No.12, Perambur Legislative Constituency in the election held on 16.05.2016 in which result have been declared on 19.05.2016 as null and void?
2 Whether the petitioner is entitled for the relief of direction directing the Returning Officer to re-count all the postal votes for No.12, Perambur Legislative Constituency for the election held on 16.05.2016?
3 Whether the petitioner is entitled for the relief of direction directing the Returning Officer to recount all votes for No.12, Perambur Legislative Constituency in the election held on 16.05.2016?
4 Whether the petitioner is entitled for relief of declaration to declare that the petitioner is duly elected in respect of No.12, Perambur Legislative Constituency in the election held on 16.05.2016, which results have been declared on 19.05.2016?
5 Whether the fourth respondent, the Returned Candidate has committed corrupt practice by threatening the voters and had influenced the voters by offering money and unlawfully distributing gifts?