{"id":86397,"date":"2010-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-sathyan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-22-october-2010-2"},"modified":"2018-10-24T04:04:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T22:34:28","slug":"c-sathyan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-22-october-2010-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-sathyan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-22-october-2010-2","title":{"rendered":"C.Sathyan vs State Of Kerala on 22 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
C.Sathyan vs State Of Kerala on 22 October, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 32362 of 2010(U)\n\n\n1. C.SATHYAN, S\/O.KRISHNAN NAIR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. P.K.BALARAM, S\/O.KRISHNAN NAMBIAR,\n3. E.K.SHAJI, S\/O.GOVINDAN,\n4. C.MANOHARAN, S\/O.KRISHNAN,\n5. K.CHANDRAN, S\/O.NARAYANAN,\n6. P.P.NARAYANAN, S.N.PURAM, P.O.CHALA,\n7. K.V.CHANDRAN, S\/O.GOVINDAN,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,\n\n3. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n\n4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,\n\n5. THE KERALA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SMT.SHAMEENA SALAHUDHEEN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.M.JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MRS. Justice M.C.HARI RANI\n\n Dated :22\/10\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n              K.M.JOSEPH & M.C.HARI RANI, JJ.\n        ------------------------------------------------------\n          W.P.(C) Nos.32362\/2010, 32364\/2010\n                  32467\/2010, 32435\/2010\n                           32047\/2010\n            ----------------------------------------------\n           Dated, this the 22nd day of October, 2010\n\n                         J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
K.M.Joseph, J.\n<\/p>\n
            Since these Writ Petitions raise common issue,<\/p>\n
they are disposed of by this common Judgment.<\/p>\n
            Petitioners have approached this Court in the<\/p>\n
context of the forthcoming election to the local bodies. The<\/p>\n
basic apprehension is that the election will not be conducted in<\/p>\n
a free and fair manner.     Petitioners are Convenors, Chairman<\/p>\n
of   Election   Committee,      Secretaries    of   different ward<\/p>\n
committee of the UDF.       In one of the writ petitions there is a<\/p>\n
private party. The prayer is to provide police protection for the<\/p>\n
conduct of polling. Notice has been served in the matter.<\/p>\n
            2. A statement has been filed on behalf of the<\/p>\n
State Election Commission. Therein it is inter alia stated as<\/p>\n
follows:\n<\/p>\n
     “3.     There    are   21612     Local   Self  Government<\/p>\n
     constituencies in Kerala. There are 37233 polling booths<\/p>\n
     in the State housed in 22061 building.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     4. The State Election Commission has taken all steps for<\/p>\n
     the conduct of a free and fair election. Meetings were<\/p>\n
WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases   -2-\n<\/p>\n
   held with the Chief Secretary of the State, Director<\/p>\n
   General of Police and other top police officials, District<\/p>\n
   Collectors and other senior officers of the State.<\/p>\n
   5.   Sensitive and troublesome areas in the State were<\/p>\n
   identified through the District Superintendents of police<\/p>\n
   and the District Collector.         Senior officials of the<\/p>\n
   Government have been nominated as Observers in<\/p>\n
   consultation         with    the          Government         for<\/p>\n
   overseeing\/observing the election in terms of Section 40A<\/p>\n
   of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act and Section 96A of the<\/p>\n
   Kerala Municipality Act. The Observers have been given<\/p>\n
   instructions to keep close watch of sensitive areas<\/p>\n
   including polling stations and other areas which they<\/p>\n
   deem fit.      They have been provided with vehicles and<\/p>\n
   mobile phones to exercise their duties.\n<\/p>\n
   7. It is reported that 3218 polling stations in the State are<\/p>\n
   situated in politically sensitive areas.     The district wise<\/p>\n
   number of polling stations identified as sensitive is given<\/p>\n
   below.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       Name of District            Number of              Number\n                                    polling                 of\n                                    stations              polling\n                                  identified as           stations\n                                    sensitive            identified\n                                                            as\n                                                         vulnerab\n                                                             le\n\n    Thiruvananthapuram                      118<\/span>\n\n    Kollam\n                                  89<\/span>\n\n\n    Pathanamthitta                           60<\/span>\n\nWPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases     -3-\n\n\n         Name of District           Number of           Number\n                                      polling              of\n                                     stations            polling\n                                   identified as         stations\n                                     sensitive          identified\n                                                           as\n                                                        vulnerab\n                                                            le\n\n      Alappuzha                              233<\/span>\n\n      Kottayam                                52<\/span>\n\n      Idukki\n                                   Nil\n\n      Ernakulam                              442<\/span>\n\n      Thrissur                                31<\/span>\n\n      Palakkad                                80                42<\/span>\n\n      Malappuram                              58<\/span>\n\n      Kozhikode                              396<\/span>\n\n      Kannur                               1345                 84<\/span>\n\n      Wayanad                                 49<\/span>\n\n      Kasaragod                              265<\/span>\n\n\n<\/pre>\n
              126 polling stations are identified as vulnerable.<\/p>\n
In Idukki there is no polling station identified as sensitive. In<\/p>\n
all other districts there are number of polling stations which<\/p>\n
are identified as sensitive.     1345 polling stations in Kannur<\/p>\n
District are identified as sensitive        and this is the largest<\/p>\n
number of sensitive polling stations in the State followed by<\/p>\n
Ernakulam at 442 and Kozhikode at 3rd position with 396<\/p>\n
polling stations.\n<\/p>\n
     “8. Sufficient police forces have been deployed in these<\/p>\n
     sensitive areas to meet law and order problems. Special<\/p>\n
WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases  -4-\n<\/p>\n
  care and attention have already been taken by the Police<\/p>\n
  in these sensitive areas to provide adequate security<\/p>\n
  measures to the electorate and the polling officials for the<\/p>\n
  smooth conduct of election in a peaceful atmosphere.<\/p>\n
  9. All the police forces including Local Police, Armed<\/p>\n
  Battalion, District Armed Force, Crime Branch, Special<\/p>\n
  Branch, Vanitha Police etc. are being deployed throughout<\/p>\n
  the State for the election purpose. Apart from the above<\/p>\n
  police  forces,   Excise,  Forest   and   Motor     Vehicles<\/p>\n
  Department employees are also being deployed for the<\/p>\n
  election to maintain law and order. 15000 Special Police<\/p>\n
  are being appointed to ensure free and fair election.<\/p>\n
  Moreover, seven company of police force from Karnataka<\/p>\n
  are also being deployed in the State for election purpose.<\/p>\n
  Further, police force from Tamil Nadu is also requested for<\/p>\n
  being deployed to maintain law and order during election.<\/p>\n
  10.   Polling stations are conveniently categorized into<\/p>\n
  different groups according to its proximity between each<\/p>\n
  other. Mobile Group Patrol and Law and Order Patrol with<\/p>\n
  wireless sets and mobile phone facilities are also been<\/p>\n
  arranged to get in touch with each polling stations and to<\/p>\n
  evaluate the peaceful state of affairs in each polling<\/p>\n
  stations. Video cameras are also arranged in sensitive<\/p>\n
  and    vulnerable    booths    to   guarantee      unruffled<\/p>\n
  environment throughout the election process.<\/p>\n
  11. Striking forces are also deployed in all Districts under<\/p>\n
  Superintendent of Police, Dy.SPs. and Circle Inspectors<\/p>\n
  with about 9 units to meet any untoward contingencies<\/p>\n
  during the election period. Hotlines are provided with the<\/p>\n
WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases  -5-\n<\/p>\n
  Police        head         quarters-Secretariat-Intelligence<\/p>\n
  headquarters-Superintendent     of  Police   office  of   all<\/p>\n
  Districts for instant communications, instructions and<\/p>\n
  directions.\n<\/p>\n
  12. Strict instructions have been given to the police<\/p>\n
  officials to take stringent and instantaneous action in<\/p>\n
  accordance     with   law   to  prevent    bogus     voting,<\/p>\n
  impersonation, booth capturing and other electoral<\/p>\n
  offences. Any attempt to traverse the tranquility in order<\/p>\n
  to take advantage from countermanding election or any<\/p>\n
  attempt to interfere with the smooth process of election<\/p>\n
  will be dealt with seriously. Appropriate and immediate<\/p>\n
  remedial action will be taken in accordance with law to<\/p>\n
  defeat such despicable situations.\n<\/p>\n
  13.    Control Rooms and Help Lines equipped with all<\/p>\n
  arrangements are made available in all districts to control<\/p>\n
  the interaction between each of the groups and to make<\/p>\n
  available their service at the spot in time whenever it<\/p>\n
  becomes necessary. The mobile phone numbers of police<\/p>\n
  officers who are in charge of maintaining law and order<\/p>\n
  are being circulated among the public by publishing in<\/p>\n
  daily newspapers.\n<\/p>\n
  14. Orders have been issued prohibiting and restricting<\/p>\n
  carrying of fire arms and lethal weapons till the election<\/p>\n
  process is over.     Thorough checking of vehicles are<\/p>\n
  directed to be done for 3 days before the day of poll, on<\/p>\n
  poll day and till the completion of counting of votes to<\/p>\n
  ensure that no undesirable elements or arms and<\/p>\n
  ammunitions are smuggled into the constituency from<\/p>\n
WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases     -6-\n<\/p>\n
  outside.     Directions are also issued not to allow<\/p>\n
  cars\/vehicles to move in convoys of more than 3 vehicles.<\/p>\n
  Directions have also been issued by the Commission to all<\/p>\n
  District Collectors and the Director General of Police to<\/p>\n
  prevent any corrupt practices or electoral offences being<\/p>\n
  committed at elections.\n<\/p>\n
  15. Thus every step is being taken by the Commission<\/p>\n
  with the assistance of the State machinery and police to<\/p>\n
  ensure a free and fair election.       The police have been<\/p>\n
  instructed to provide adequate protection to voters,<\/p>\n
  polling agents of all political parties and candidates and to<\/p>\n
  assist the election machinery to ensure fair and free poll.<\/p>\n
  The senior police officials of the State have assured to the<\/p>\n
  Commission all assistance and help of the police force to<\/p>\n
  ensure    a   smooth,     free   and   fair election.    The<\/p>\n
  arrangements are also reviewed each day with the<\/p>\n
  assistance of the police.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
             It is also stated in para 16 as follows:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
    16. The State Election Commission does not object to<\/p>\n
    any direction being issued by this Hon’ble Court to the<\/p>\n
    police to ensure a free and fair poll.       However, it is<\/p>\n
    respectfully submitted that any direction that may be<\/p>\n
    issued by this Hon’ble Court at this stage with regard to<\/p>\n
    the arrangements to be made at any polling stations<\/p>\n
    may lead to total confusion in the arrangements now<\/p>\n
    made by the State Election Commission for the conduct<\/p>\n
    of elections to Local Self Government Institutions in<\/p>\n
 WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases -7-\n<\/p>\n
      Kerala.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/blockquote>\n
            3.    We heard the learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
petitioners, learned Government Pleader and also the learned<\/p>\n
standing counsel appearing on behalf of the Election<\/p>\n
Commission. There is no appearance as such for the party<\/p>\n
respondent. Learned counsel for the petitioners reiterate the<\/p>\n
apprehension of the petitioners. There is a case for them that<\/p>\n
some of the polling stations should have been treated as<\/p>\n
sensitive and they have not been done. It is submitted by<\/p>\n
the learned counsel appearing in the other cases that there is<\/p>\n
genuine apprehension that the electoral process would be<\/p>\n
sabotaged. There is also a complaint that impersonators will<\/p>\n
be allowed to vote and the candidates and their agents will not<\/p>\n
be allowed to carry out their work. It is the further complaint<\/p>\n
that the voters will not be allowed to freely exercise their<\/p>\n
franchise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            4.   Per contra, learned standing counsel for the<\/p>\n
Commission would submit that there are elaborate process<\/p>\n
involved. He reiterates that    there are 21612 constituencies<\/p>\n
 WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases     -8-\n<\/p>\n
in the State of Kerala in the forth coming              election. There<\/p>\n
are 37233 polling stations situated in 22061 buildings. The<\/p>\n
Election Commission is        constituted under the provisions of<\/p>\n
Article 243 K of           the Constitution.         He would submit<\/p>\n
that the Commission is appointing observers in all the<\/p>\n
districts . The observers will be senior Administrative officers<\/p>\n
in all the districts. He would point out Rule 31 of the Kerala<\/p>\n
Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Election ) Rules, 1995. It reads as<\/p>\n
follows:\n<\/p>\n
     “31.Identification of electors:–(1)            The    Presiding<\/p>\n
     Officer may employ at the polling station such person as<\/p>\n
     he thinks fit to help in the identification of the electors or<\/p>\n
     to assist him otherwise in taking the poll.<\/p>\n
     (2) As each elector enters the polling station, the Presiding<\/p>\n
     Officer or the Polling Officer authorised by him in this<\/p>\n
     behalf shall check the elector’s name and other particulars<\/p>\n
     with the relevant entry in the electoral roll and then call<\/p>\n
     out the serial number, name and other particulars of the<\/p>\n
     elector.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     (3). In deciding the right of a person to obtain a ballot<\/p>\n
     paper the Presiding Officer or the Polling Officer, as the<\/p>\n
     case may be, shall overlook merely clerical or printing<\/p>\n
     errors in an entry in the electoral roll, if he is satisfied that<\/p>\n
     such person is identical with the elector to whom such<\/p>\n
     entry relates.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases   -9-\n<\/p>\n
     (4).  Each elector shall produce either the identity<\/p>\n
     card issued by the Central Election Commission or<\/p>\n
     Revenue Card or Ration Card or Passport or Driving<\/p>\n
     Licence or Pass Book obtained from Bank or Post<\/p>\n
     Office, if demanded by the Presiding Officer or the<\/p>\n
     Polling Officer authorised by him in this behalf.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            5. He would point out that under Rule 32 it is<\/p>\n
open to any polling agent to challenge the identify of person.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Rule 33 also deals with safeguards against personation. He<\/p>\n
also brought to our notice a Bench decision of this Court a<\/p>\n
public interest litigation  (W.P.(C) No.1080\/2010).     Therein<\/p>\n
this Court also relied on the provisions of Rule 31 and repelled<\/p>\n
the contentions of the petitioner therein for interference by<\/p>\n
the Court. The Court took the view that it is a matter which<\/p>\n
should engage the attention of the legislative body. According<\/p>\n
to the learned standing counsel for the Commission, the<\/p>\n
decision to categorise the polling stations as sensitive and<\/p>\n
vulnerable is based on intelligence inputs by the Police<\/p>\n
Officers.\n<\/p>\n
            6. Learned Government Pleader would submit as<\/p>\n
WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases    -10-\n<\/p>\n
follows:     That police is deployed in scheme for the conduct<\/p>\n
of polling based on the above criteria. That additional police<\/p>\n
will be deployed in sensitive and vulnerable areas. He would<\/p>\n
further submit that as stated in the statement of the<\/p>\n
Commission 7 companies of police from the Karnataka State<\/p>\n
have been requested and they have been allotted to the State.<\/p>\n
Out of the 7 companies 3 have been allotted to Kannur<\/p>\n
district, one company is allotted to Kasargode and 3 are kept<\/p>\n
as reserve to be used on the basis of fresh intelligence inputs.<\/p>\n
Learned Government Pleader would further submit that there<\/p>\n
would be general law and order patrolling in all the<\/p>\n
constituencies from the day on which election campaign ends.<\/p>\n
It is further submitted that all directions given by the electoral<\/p>\n
officers will be complied in letter and spirit.<\/p>\n
             7. Learned standing counsel for the Commission<\/p>\n
also on enquiries made by us             made available certain<\/p>\n
judgments of this Court rendered in the context of previous<\/p>\n
election . In W.P.(C) 27324\/2005 and connected cases, we<\/p>\n
notice that a Division Bench of this Court was considering<\/p>\n
almost similar contentions. Learned standing counsel would<\/p>\n
 WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases -11-\n<\/p>\n
point out that there were almost 30 writ petitions filed during<\/p>\n
the last election.    We notice that after referring to the<\/p>\n
submissions the Court specifically directed that if    requests<\/p>\n
come from the candidates that there is personal threat that<\/p>\n
should be promptly attended to.\n<\/p>\n
            8. In W.P.C. 27285\/2005 after referring to the<\/p>\n
undertakings of the Government and the Commission the<\/p>\n
Court directed the State to ensure that the undertakings will<\/p>\n
be honoured so as to ensure the election process is smoothly<\/p>\n
carried out.   Taking note of the anxiety expressed by the<\/p>\n
petitioners the Court directed that the vigilance as stated<\/p>\n
therein should be continued at least up to the time of<\/p>\n
declaration of the results.\n<\/p>\n
            9. In the Constitutional scheme, the local bodies<\/p>\n
play a pivotal role. The elections therefore to the local bodies<\/p>\n
must be conducted in the most free and transparent manner.<\/p>\n
The local bodies under decentralization of power contemplated<\/p>\n
under the Constitution are the closest to the people and there<\/p>\n
is     much    devolution    of the  power    to  the    chosen<\/p>\n
representatives of these bodies. Therefore , the importance<\/p>\n
 WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases  -12-\n<\/p>\n
of holding election in a free and fair manner to the           local<\/p>\n
bodies cannot be over emphasised. It is the bounden duty of<\/p>\n
the Commission and its officers to make every sincere effort<\/p>\n
adopting a totally neutral stand and upholding the laws of the<\/p>\n
land to conduct elections to the local bodies. It is equally the<\/p>\n
duty of the officers of the State, in particular the police officers<\/p>\n
that they are quick to respond to the demand in particular of<\/p>\n
the officers of the Commission in a fair manner so that people<\/p>\n
have continued faith in the democratic process and the voters<\/p>\n
in large numbers are persuaded             to participate in the<\/p>\n
democratic processes. It is in the context of these dimensions<\/p>\n
that that we must approach the issues raised in these writ<\/p>\n
petitions.\n<\/p>\n
            10. Essentially the prayers in the writ petition are<\/p>\n
for police protection.       We have already extracted the<\/p>\n
statement in its essential particulars in the judgment.         The<\/p>\n
undertakings which have been given by the Commission in<\/p>\n
the statement shall be honored in letter and spirit. If threat to<\/p>\n
the lives of the candidates or their agents whose cause is<\/p>\n
exposed by the petitioners in the Writ petitions, have been<\/p>\n
 WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases  -13-\n<\/p>\n
brought to the notice of the respondent police officers, they<\/p>\n
shall ensure that the lives of the candidates and their agents<\/p>\n
are protected, if threats are found to be genuine. As far as<\/p>\n
the question relating to the protection to voters is concerned,<\/p>\n
we emphasise the statement made by the Commission namely<\/p>\n
that the police have been instructed to provide adequate<\/p>\n
protection to the voters      of all political parties. We have<\/p>\n
already extracted the submission of the learned Government<\/p>\n
Pleader that the police will abide by the directions of the<\/p>\n
electoral officers. Reading both these together we feel that it<\/p>\n
becomes the duty of the police to give adequate protection to<\/p>\n
the voters so that they may exercise their franchise in a free<\/p>\n
and fair manner.     We also record the submission of the<\/p>\n
learned counsel for the Commission that Rules 31 to 33 do<\/p>\n
provide for a mechanism to deal with impersonation and that<\/p>\n
the said Rules will be strictly enforced.       It is open to the<\/p>\n
petitioners if they are so inclined to apply to the District<\/p>\n
Collector to take videography and without delay.          If such<\/p>\n
applications are received it is for the District Collector to pass<\/p>\n
orders thereon in accordance with law and necessarily if it is<\/p>\n
WPC No.32362\/2010 & con.cases   -14-\n<\/p>\n
allowed the expenses must be borne by the petitioners. We<\/p>\n
make it clear that videography need not be permitted in the<\/p>\n
voting compartment. The request for videography if at all<\/p>\n
made before the District Collector need be considered by him<\/p>\n
only in respect of the polling stations of the candidates whose<\/p>\n
cause is expoused by the petitioners in the writ petitions.  In<\/p>\n
case applications are received, the District Collector shall<\/p>\n
bear-in-mind the decision of the Apex Court in Janak Singh v.<\/p>\n
Ram Das Rai & Others<\/a> (2005 (2) SCC 1).\n<\/p>\n
           11. The Writ Petitions are disposed of recording<\/p>\n
the submissions on behalf of the Election Commission and also<\/p>\n
the learned Government Pleader and with the directions which<\/p>\n
we have given in this Judgment.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                            K.M.JOSEPH,
\n                                                JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
                                          M.C.HARI RANI,
\n                                                JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
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Kerala High Court C.Sathyan vs State Of Kerala on 22 October, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 32362 of 2010(U) 1. C.SATHYAN, S\/O.KRISHNAN NAIR, … Petitioner 2. P.K.BALARAM, S\/O.KRISHNAN NAMBIAR, 3. E.K.SHAJI, S\/O.GOVINDAN, 4. C.MANOHARAN, S\/O.KRISHNAN, 5. K.CHANDRAN, S\/O.NARAYANAN, 6. P.P.NARAYANAN, S.N.PURAM, P.O.CHALA, 7. K.V.CHANDRAN, S\/O.GOVINDAN, Vs 1. 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