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The original allegation in Ex. 3 (which was repeated in the second application, Ex. 3a, presented at 7-40 p.m.) was manifestly untenable. because if there was double counting of any ballot papers, the total of the votes polled should have exceeded by the number doubly counted. No such excess was reflected in the grand total of the final result sheet. The total was correct. The petitioner bad no explanation as to why the grand-total of the final result sheet did not show an excess of 600 or any other number of ballot papers. It was mainly for this reason, that the Returning Officer had rejected the applications of the petitioner for a recount. That is why the petitioner has now come forward with a changed version, invented as an after-thought.