agent; and (g) at
the time of the casting of the votes, signature of the voters were
not taken.
3. The petitioner herein, filed ... valid votes are 2810, invalid votes are 65,
NOTA votes are 3 and total no. of votes come out to be
2878. It has also
objected 245
votes
Objected votes 1 Having no stamp but
ink is spread on the
name and sign
Total votes 246
The votes cast ... votes were
non-objected votes and 1 vote was objected. This took the tally of both Ms.
Anu Rangta and Ms. Ranju to 246 votes
that counting of postal ballots of
869 votes in favour of respondent No.1 and 759 votes in
favour of petitioner ... votes
polled in each of the rounds in the four tables kept for
postal ballots. Total invalid votes, the total votes polled to
NOTA
total valid votes and 184 votes were
held to be invalid, totalling 2234 votes, whereas 10
votes were casted to "NOTA ... valid votes, whereas 184 votes were declared
invalid, which comes to a total of 2234 votes, including
10 votes to "NOTA
total number of votes polled by
each candidate, and the total number of votes cast in favour of
'NOTA', and announce the same ... record the total number of votes polled by each candidate, as
well as the total votes cast for "NOTA," in the prescribed Form
further averred that
the polling of the votes and the counting of the votes, was to be done on
2.11.2022, and, that the declaration ... petitioner and respondent No.1 both got 302 and one vote was
NOTA, and, the petitioner was declared as winner on the basis of draw
votes, whereas, the private respondent herein was stated to have
secured 8296 votes, since 304 votes were declared as rejected
and 165 votes were NOTA ... followed by the
Assistant Returning Officer in the counting of the votes; valid
votes were incorrectly rejected by the Counting Officer; and there
Sarpanch, voting
took place on 19.12.2021 and counting of votes was undertaken
on 21.12.2021. It is submitted that process of counting of votes
had been ... recounting requested by respondent
No.1 herein as also the votes polled for NOTA and on total
recount, petitioner being polled by highest number
recounted the votes of all the Booths (65 to 70) and has submitted
a report dated 06.08.2025 based thereupon. The recounting of votes
from each ... Samer 125
7. Sunil Kumar 815
8. NOTA 21
Total 3767
7. Ordinarily, the recounting of votes having been done by a
Senior Judicial Officer
Sudhakar Parshuram Ghare Alias ... vs Mahendra Sadashiv Thorve on 24 September, 2025
2025:BHC-OS
