APNA DAL Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
LAWS(ALL)-2017-1-2
HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD (AT: LUCKNOW)
Decided on January 03,2017

Apna Dal Appellant
VERSUS
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

SANJAY HARKAULI,J. - (1.) This writ petition has been filed by a registered political party petitioner no.1 Apna Dal and petitioner no.2 Smt. Krishna Patel alleging herself to be duly elected party president of the said political party, for quashing the letters of the Election Commission of India being Annexure Nos. 9, 14, 17 & 18 whereby the said commission had directed the petitioner no.2 to resolve the issue regarding party president-ship being an internal dispute of the party as there is no approved list of office bearers of the party as per the record of the commission.
(2.) Admitted facts are that the party ''Apna Dal' was got registered with the Election Commission of India and husband of the petitioner no.2 Late Shri Sone Lal Patel was recognised as then president of the party. The said political party though registered with the Election Commission of India has not been accorded recognition by the Commission till now.
(3.) Upon demise of Shri Sone Lal Patel on 17.10.2009 a resolution was adopted in a meeting held by the National as also the State Office Bearers of the party on 18.10.2009 by which petitioner no.2 was elected as National President of the party who continued to function as such and information accordingly was sent to the Secretary, Election Commission of India vide letter dated 20.10.2014.;


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