thus:
88. The Court competent to try election
petition:- (1) The Court having jurisdiction to try
an election petition shall be,-
(a) in the case ... trial of the election petition relating
to the disputes to the election of the members of the Panchayat.
An election petition can be presented
transfer
election petition to only Civil Judge or Additional Civil
Judge (Senior Division) subordinate to him. Election
petition cannot be transferred to the Additional District ... transfer election petition to only Civil Judge or
Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) subordinate
to him. Election petition cannot be transferred to the
Additional District
Muzaffar Nagar in Election Petition No. 387 of 2012, whereby the election petition filed by respondent no. 1 has been transferred from the court ... Court for expeditious disposal of the election petition, therefore, it was stated that the election petition may be transferred to some other court
dispose of the election petition. The learned Addl. Distt. Judge therefore, had no authority to hear the election petition.
(2) That the petitioner wanted ... dealing with the election petition is its presentation before the Distt. Judge. Normally the Distt. Judge is expected to entertain election petition himself
meanwhile, the second respondent filed Election Petition challenging the election in the District Court of Adilabad and the said petition was numbered ... entertain the election petition, filing of the petition before the District Judge does not amount to filing the petition with the Election Tribunal as established
Election Petition.- (1) The election of any
person as a member of a Municipality may be
questioned by an election petition filed within
one month ... unsustainable and are set aside. Election Petition
No.074/2015, which appears to have been numbered
as Election Petition No.99/2015 before the Additional
election petition as the District Judge, cannot effect any transfer transferring the election petition for hearing to the Additional District Judge in the absence ... trial of an election petition make an order-
(a) dismissing the election petition; or
(b) declaring the election of all or any of the returned
learned Election Tribunal'). By the impugned
judgment, the learned Election Tribunal has allowed the election
petition of the forth respondent - election petitioner under Section ... transfer election petition to only Civil
Judge or Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division)
subordinate to him. Election petition cannot be
transferred to the Additional District
hear the election petition as the Senior Civil Judge is
not the authority to whom the petition could have been
transferred in terms of Section ... 2023]
petition can be transferred pre-supposes that transfer of election
petition to any other court is not intended by the legislature. It
has further
petition satisfies the Election Commission that sufficient cause existed for his failure to present the petition within the period prescribed therefor, the Election Commission ... trial of the petition."
This provision comes into operation after the petition conies up before the Election Tribunal by transfer under Section
