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Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Omana Chellappan vs The Kerala State Election … on 22 February, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 5469 of 2010(G)\n\n\n1.  OMANA CHELLAPPAN\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE KERALA STATE ELECTION COMMISION\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. SRI.MANOJ RAJAPPAN, KANAHATHU HOUSE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.RAMAKUMAR (SR.)\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN, SC,K.S.E.COMM\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :22\/02\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                       ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                  -------------------------\n                  W.P.(C.) No.5469 of 2010 (G)\n             ---------------------------------\n           Dated, this the 22nd day of February, 2010\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
      The petitioner challenges Ext.P2, the common order passed by<\/p>\n
the 1st respondent disposing of O.P.Nos.103\/2008 and 118\/2008<\/p>\n
filed by the 2nd respondent under Section 4(1) of the Kerala Local<\/p>\n
Authorities (Prohibition of Defection) Act.\n<\/p>\n
      2.   Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that both the<\/p>\n
petitioner and the 2nd respondent herein were elected as members<\/p>\n
of the Payippad Grama Panchayat in the General Election held in<\/p>\n
September, 2005 as the official candidates of the Communist Party<\/p>\n
of India (Marxist) {CPI(M)} under the Left Democratic Front (LDF).<\/p>\n
The Panchayat has a total membership of 15, out of which 7<\/p>\n
members, including petitioner and the 2nd respondent belong to<\/p>\n
LDF, 5 belong to United Democratic Front (UDF), 2 belong to<\/p>\n
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one is allegedly an independent.<\/p>\n
Soon after the election was held, one Ms.Lissamma Mathew, the<\/p>\n
aforesaid independent, was elected as the President and Mr.Thomas<\/p>\n
WP(C) No.5469\/2010
\n                                -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
Mathew was elected as the Vice President.\n<\/p>\n
      3.   Subsequently, no confidence motions were moved<\/p>\n
against the President and the Vice President. It is stated that these<\/p>\n
were scheduled for discussion on 01\/07\/2008. On 24\/06\/2008,<\/p>\n
the CPI(M) Parliamentary Party met and decided to vote against the<\/p>\n
no confidence motions and allegedly issued whip to all the party<\/p>\n
members in the Panchayat including the petitioner. It was alleged<\/p>\n
that though the petitioner received registered whip, she defied the<\/p>\n
whip and voted in support of the no confidence motions.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, the no confidence motions against the President and<\/p>\n
the Vice President were passed and both were voted out.          The<\/p>\n
allegation in O.P.No.103\/2008 filed by the 2nd respondent was<\/p>\n
against the stand taken by the petitioner in the meeting held on<\/p>\n
01\/07\/2008 to discuss the no confidence motion, and according to<\/p>\n
the 2nd respondent that amounts to her voluntarily giving up her<\/p>\n
party membership of her political party. It was on this basis, the 2nd<\/p>\n
respondent contended that the petitioner incurred disqualification.<\/p>\n
      4.   In so far as O.P.No.118\/2009 is concerned, the case of<\/p>\n
the 2nd respondent was that the petitioner contested as President in<\/p>\n
WP(C) No.5469\/2010
\n                                  -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
the election held on 06\/08\/2008 against the official candidate of<\/p>\n
CPI(M) and LDF, and got elected with the support of rival UDF and<\/p>\n
BJP members. It was also alleged that the petitioner supported the<\/p>\n
nominee of the UDF in the Vice President’s election held on the<\/p>\n
same day. By this conduct also, according to the 2nd respondent,<\/p>\n
the petitioner had voluntarily given up her membership of her<\/p>\n
political party and has incurred disqualification.<\/p>\n
      5.    The parties contested the proceedings and the petitioner<\/p>\n
filed her objections. Evidence was adduced by both sides and in<\/p>\n
Ext.P2 order, detailed discussion has been made about the oral and<\/p>\n
documentary evidence adduced by both sides.\n<\/p>\n
      6.    Dealing with Issue No.2, the Commission held that the<\/p>\n
2nd respondent failed to establish the claim that he was competent<\/p>\n
to issue whip to the petitioner on behalf of CPI(M) Parliamentary<\/p>\n
Party, and that therefore the petitioner could not be found fault with<\/p>\n
for violating the whip issued by an incompetent person. However,<\/p>\n
appreciating the available evidence, the Commission concluded that<\/p>\n
overwhelming evidence supported the contention that Ms.Lissamma<\/p>\n
Mathew, the former President who was voted out, was elected to the<\/p>\n
WP(C) No.5469\/2010
\n                                -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
Panchayat as an independent candidate supported by CPI(M) and<\/p>\n
LDF, and that she was the CPI(M) and LDF nominee for the post of<\/p>\n
President.   Thereafter, dealing with the issue of the petitioner<\/p>\n
having voluntarily given up the membership of her party, the<\/p>\n
Commission held that the petitioner had, by her conduct on<\/p>\n
01\/07\/2008, defected from CPI(M) and LDF and joined hands with<\/p>\n
UDF and BJP at the time of considering the no confidence motion. It<\/p>\n
was also found that her subsequent behaviour at the time of<\/p>\n
elections to the post of President and Vice President corroborates<\/p>\n
this conclusion, in as much as she had admitted that she contested<\/p>\n
for the post of President in the election held on 06\/08\/2008 and<\/p>\n
defeated the LDF nominee Ms.Lissamma Mathew. In arriving at this<\/p>\n
conclusion, the Commission also made reference to Ext.P8, the<\/p>\n
minutes of the meeting held on 06\/08\/2008, which showed that<\/p>\n
while the petitioner’s candidature was proposed by the congress<\/p>\n
member from ward No.3 and supported by the BJP member from<\/p>\n
Ward No.10, it was shown that her opponent Ms.Lissamma Mathew<\/p>\n
was proposed and supported by LDF members. Thereafter, the<\/p>\n
petitioner was elected bagging 8 votes as against 7 votes bagged by<\/p>\n
WP(C) No.5469\/2010
\n                                  -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
Ms.Lissamma Mathew, from which it was concluded by the<\/p>\n
Commission that all five UDF and 2 BJP members voted in favour of<\/p>\n
the petitioner. From the facts and evidences, concluding that the<\/p>\n
petitioner is liable to be disqualified for voluntarily giving up her<\/p>\n
membership of the political party, the petitions were allowed by<\/p>\n
Ext.P2 order. It is challenging this order, this writ petition is filed.<\/p>\n
      7.   The main contention raised by the learned counsel for<\/p>\n
the petitioner is relying on the judgment in Naseera Beevi v. State<\/p>\n
Election Commission<\/a> (2004(1) KLT 1108). However, it is noticed<\/p>\n
that by judgment dated 13\/07\/2005 in W.A.No.1127\/2004,<\/p>\n
judgment in Naseera Beevi’s case has already been set aside by a<\/p>\n
Division Bench of this Court. It has been so stated in paragraph 8 of<\/p>\n
the    judgment     in    Varghese     v.    Kerala    State     Election<\/p>\n
Commission<\/a> (2009(3) KLT 1)<\/p>\n
      8.   A reading of Ext.P2 order shows that it was appreciating<\/p>\n
the evidences adduced by both sides that the 1st respondent<\/p>\n
Commission came to the conclusion that Ms.Lissamma Mathew was<\/p>\n
the CPI(M) and LDF nominee to the post of President. Having regard<\/p>\n
to the voluminous evidences that were available before the 1st<\/p>\n
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\n                                 -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
respondent and the manner in which the evidence is seen<\/p>\n
appreciated, I am unable to agree with the learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
petitioner that the conclusions in Ext.P2 order are against the<\/p>\n
evidence available or that the order is perverse for that reason. If<\/p>\n
this finding is accepted, necessarily, the petitioner, a CPI(M)<\/p>\n
member, voted against her political party and by that conduct, has<\/p>\n
voluntarily abandoned her membership in her political party. If so,<\/p>\n
consequently, she is liable to be disqualified, and the conclusion of<\/p>\n
the Commission in the order in O.P.No.103\/2008 is unassailable.<\/p>\n
      9.   Further even if this Court finds fault with the<\/p>\n
Commission for its conclusions in the order in O.P.No.103\/2008, in<\/p>\n
my view, on admitted facts, the petitioner is liable to be disqualified<\/p>\n
in O.P.No.118\/2008 . It is admitted in this case that the petitioner<\/p>\n
contested the election against the official nominee of the LDF, and<\/p>\n
she won bagging votes only of the UDF and BJP, and she also voted<\/p>\n
for the UDF candidate for the post of Vice President.         In such<\/p>\n
circumstances, it is a clear case of voluntarily abandoning<\/p>\n
membership from the political party. This issue is also no more<\/p>\n
open to doubt in view of the judgments of this Court in Shajahan v.<\/p>\n
WP(C) No.5469\/2010
\n                                  -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
Chathannoor Grama Panchayat & Ors.(2000(2) KLJ 451),         writ<\/p>\n
appeal No.2351\/2005, Faisal v. Abdulla Kunhi (2008(3) KLT 534),<\/p>\n
Nazeerkhan v. Kerala State Election Commission & Another<\/a> (2008<\/p>\n
(3) KHC 322), which was affirmed by the Division Bench of this<\/p>\n
Court in Nazeerkhan v. Kerala State Election Commission & Another<\/a><\/p>\n
(2009(1) KHC 681 (DB)). Similar view has been taken by a learned<\/p>\n
Single Judge of this Court in Dharma Mani v. Parassala Block<\/p>\n
Panchayat<\/a> (2009(3) KLT 29).\n<\/p>\n
     In the light of the above principles laid down in these<\/p>\n
judgments, I cannot find fault in the order passed by the 1st<\/p>\n
respondent.\n<\/p>\n
     The writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed.<\/p>\n
                                   (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE)
\njg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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