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4. With a view to satisfy ourselves about the justification for the Tribunal to have ordered recount, we have gone through the election petition filed by the appellant (Annexure P-2 in the paper book) with the assistance of Mr. Chadha. The averments in the election petition, on the basis of which the Tribunal had ordered recont, are admittedly contained only in paragraphs 10,11,12 and 13. Those paragraphs read thus:

(10) That after the close of election, the Presiding Officer of the Booth opened the ballot boxes. The Presiding Officer before opening the ballot boxes did not allow the checking of the seal, nor at the time of counting allowed the checking of the ballot papers by the petitioner, and his agents. It is pertinent to mention that respondent No. 1 was sitting by the side of Presiding Officers while counting the votes. However, the request of the petitioner to the Presiding Officer to allow them to inspect the bundles of valid and invalid votes, was turned down and a deaf ear was turned to their request.