{"id":180569,"date":"2010-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-naizam-vs-the-chief-electoral-officer-and-on-17-february-2010"},"modified":"2017-05-17T05:42:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T00:12:57","slug":"a-naizam-vs-the-chief-electoral-officer-and-on-17-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-naizam-vs-the-chief-electoral-officer-and-on-17-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"A. Naizam vs The Chief Electoral Officer And on 17 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
A. Naizam vs The Chief Electoral Officer And on 17 February, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 29574 of 2008(U)\n\n\n1. A. NAIZAM, ADONIS HOUSE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER AND\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE RETURNING OFFICER, 125\n\n3. SRI.A.A. AZEEZ,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.T.R.RAJAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, SC,ELE.COMMN.\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN\n\n Dated :17\/02\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n           THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, J.\n                  -------------------------------------------\n                   W.P(C).No.29574 OF 2008\n                  -------------------------------------------\n            Dated this the 17th day of February, 2010\n\n\n                              JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
1.The petitioner, a voter in No.125 Eravipuram LA Constituency,<\/p>\n
  filed a petition on 10.6.2006 before the Returning Officer<\/p>\n
  stating that the third respondent, a candidate from that<\/p>\n
  constituency in 2006 general elections, had given wrong<\/p>\n
  information in the affidavit filed along with the nomination<\/p>\n
  paper. It was alleged that the information given by the third<\/p>\n
  respondent that he had passed the SSLC examination<\/p>\n
  conducted by the Board of Public Examination, Kerala in 1959<\/p>\n
  was false. The plea was that only a person who had passed the<\/p>\n
  SSLC examination could claim that he is a holder of SSLC,<\/p>\n
  while the third respondent is not a holder of such certificate.<\/p>\n
  The Board of Public Examinations, Kerala come into being only<\/p>\n
  in 1965 and any entry in that regard in the affidavit was also<\/p>\n
  therefore wrong.\n<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                                2<\/span><\/p>\n
2.The Returning Officer issued Ext.P5 taking the view that as<\/p>\n
  nobody had raised any objection at the time of scrutiny of the<\/p>\n
  nomination paper, the nomination was accepted and there is<\/p>\n
  no provision to initiate action to prosecute a candidate for<\/p>\n
  which documentary evidence is a must.      The Chief Electoral<\/p>\n
  Officer (CEO), thereafter, directed the Returning Officer to re-<\/p>\n
  consider the said decision. After hearing the parties again, the<\/p>\n
  Returning Officer issued Ext.P14 taking the view that on the<\/p>\n
  basis of the materials placed before him, it could not be<\/p>\n
  decided either way as to whether there was a false statement<\/p>\n
  in relation to the educational qualifications. The petitioner<\/p>\n
  filed an appeal against that decision to the CEO. That was<\/p>\n
  ordered as per Ext.P16 saying that the appeal petition cannot<\/p>\n
  be considered as no appeal lies before the CEO against any<\/p>\n
  order passed by the Returning Officer under the authority of<\/p>\n
  Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951<\/p>\n
  and Section 177 of the Indian Penal Code.\n<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                                3<\/span><\/p>\n
3.Learned counsel for the petitioner, on the strength of the<\/p>\n
  materials   on   record,    argued    that    those   materials<\/p>\n
  unequivocally showed that the third respondent had made a<\/p>\n
  false statement in the affidavit and that Ext.P1 evidences that<\/p>\n
  the third respondent had left school from standard VI. Relying<\/p>\n
  on Annexure A produced along the statement submitted on<\/p>\n
  behalf of the first respondent CEO, it was argued by the<\/p>\n
  learned counsel for the petitioner that the Returning Officer<\/p>\n
  was duty bound to ensure action to prosecute the third<\/p>\n
  respondent by making formal complaint. It was also argued<\/p>\n
  that when a complaint was submitted by the petitioner<\/p>\n
  supported by some documentary evidence, it is not for the<\/p>\n
  Returning Officer to enter on any consideration as to the merit<\/p>\n
  of the materials or to conclude that it was not worthwhile to<\/p>\n
  ensure action to prosecute the third respondent who was a<\/p>\n
  candidate.\n<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                                 4<\/span><\/p>\n
4.Per contra, learned counsel appearing for the third respondent<\/p>\n
  argued that no offence referable to Sections 33A and 125A of<\/p>\n
  the Representation of the people Act, 1951 having been made<\/p>\n
  out, it cannot be stated that the officer should be compelled to<\/p>\n
  ensure any prosecution referable to section 177 IPC, having<\/p>\n
  regard to the powers of the third respondent, as a public<\/p>\n
  servant, under Section 195 Cr.PC.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
5.The Apex Court in Union of lndia v. Association for<\/p>\n
  Democratic Reforms [(2002) 5 SCC 294] and People’s<\/p>\n
  Union of Civil Liberties v. Union of India<\/a> [(2003) 4 SCC<\/p>\n
  399] noticed that the voters have a right to information about<\/p>\n
  the criminal antecedents, if any, of the candidates as also the<\/p>\n
  assets and liabilities, including those of their spouse,<\/p>\n
  dependent children as well as educational qualifications so<\/p>\n
  that the voters may make an individual choice at the time of<\/p>\n
  election.    Pursuant to those directions, the Election<\/p>\n
  Commission has issued a detailed order on 27.3.2003<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                                 5<\/span><\/p>\n
  providing inter alia that every candidate, at the time of filing<\/p>\n
  his nomination, shall furnish full and complete information<\/p>\n
  regarding all the five matters specified by the Apex Court. The<\/p>\n
  5th among the matters enumerated by the Apex Court is the<\/p>\n
  educational qualification of the candidate. Therefore, in terms<\/p>\n
  of the order of the Election Commission, educational<\/p>\n
  qualifications of the candidate had to be stated in the affidavit.<\/p>\n
  However, except in cases where the affidavit in terms of the<\/p>\n
  RP Act does not contain the relevant materials in terms of the<\/p>\n
  provisions of that statute and the rules, the nomination cannot<\/p>\n
  be rejected.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
6.The aforesaid being the position of law, the question is<\/p>\n
  whether this Court should, in exercise of jurisdiction under<\/p>\n
  Article 226, visit the decision of the Returning Officer not to<\/p>\n
  file a complaint on the facts of the case in hand.<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                                  6<\/span><\/p>\n
7.Adverting to the impugned Ext.P4, it needs to be noticed that<\/p>\n
  after considering the materials which were placed before him,<\/p>\n
  the Returning Officer had concluded that the complaint raised<\/p>\n
  by the petitioner cannot be concluded either way and<\/p>\n
  therefore, without appropriate documents being available, it<\/p>\n
  would not be possible to institute any complaint against the<\/p>\n
  third    respondent    before    the  criminal   court   alleging<\/p>\n
  commission of offence. Section 33A of the RP Act requires the<\/p>\n
  filing of affidavit in relation to the particulars stated therein.<\/p>\n
  That does not include the requirement to make any statement<\/p>\n
  regarding educational qualification.        Obviously therefore,<\/p>\n
  Section 125A does not apply and no offence under section<\/p>\n
  125A is made out. Adverting to section 177 IPC, the question<\/p>\n
  would be whether the third respondent had knowingly<\/p>\n
  furnished wrong information to public. With this, Section 195<\/p>\n
  Cr.PC requires to be considered.        Sub section (i) thereof<\/p>\n
  provides, among other, an inhibition on the court to take<\/p>\n
  cognisance of an offence punishable under Section 177 IPC<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                                7<\/span><\/p>\n
 except on a complaint in writing, of a public servant concerned<\/p>\n
 or of some other public servant to whom he is administratively<\/p>\n
 subordinate. Sub section (2) of Section 195 provides that the<\/p>\n
 authority to which the complainant public servant is<\/p>\n
 subordinate may order the withdrawal of that complaint. This<\/p>\n
 provision has also been considered to hold that there could be<\/p>\n
 an appellate power with the administrative superior to direct a<\/p>\n
 public servant to institute a complaint. But that would depend<\/p>\n
 upon case to case basis.      Therefore, the general direction<\/p>\n
 given by the Election Commission to all the Returning Officers<\/p>\n
 as evidenced by Annexure A is only a direction to act in<\/p>\n
 conformity with the provisions of law, meaning thereby,<\/p>\n
 directing that the public servant, i.e., the Returning Officer,<\/p>\n
 shall act in terms of Section 195 and institute complaint in<\/p>\n
 cases where an offence is made out. In the case in hand, the<\/p>\n
 primary inference that the alleged accused (the third<\/p>\n
 respondent herein) had committed the offence of knowingly<\/p>\n
 furnishing false information ought to be that of the public<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                                 8<\/span><\/p>\n
  servant, namely, the Returning Officer. On the basis of the<\/p>\n
  conclusion arrived at by the Returning Officer in Ext.P14 that<\/p>\n
  it is not proper to conclude so and to file a complaint with the<\/p>\n
  materials before him, the said officer cannot be found fault<\/p>\n
  with for not having proceeded to initiate a complaint.<\/p>\n
  Institution of a complaint necessarily presupposes the<\/p>\n
  requirement that the complainant has to assert the existence<\/p>\n
  of the fact situation on the basis of which the complaint is<\/p>\n
  being filed. Therefore, it would be wholly inadvisable to erase<\/p>\n
  the said view of the public servant viz., the Returning Officer,<\/p>\n
  in exercise of writ jurisdiction. No injustice is shown to have<\/p>\n
  done. I am inclined to think this is not a fit case where the<\/p>\n
  discretionary jurisdiction would be extended.<\/p>\n
8.This leaves one more question. The petitioner filed an appeal<\/p>\n
  against Ext.P14 to the CEO. That was rejected as per Ext.P16,<\/p>\n
  stating that the CEO is not an appellate authority. This view is<\/p>\n
  sustainable because the Returning Officer is not under the<\/p>\n
WPC.29574\/08<\/p>\n
                               9<\/span><\/p>\n
 immediate supervisory control of the CEO. The said decision<\/p>\n
 also therefore stands.\n<\/p>\n
 For the aforesaid reasons, this writ petition fails. The same is<\/p>\n
 accordingly dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
                                          Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                       THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN,
\n                                          Judge.\n<\/p>\n
kkb.17\/02.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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