Anil Kshetarpal,J. - (1.) Through this petition, the petitioner calls in question the correctness of Corrigendum dated 05.08.2020 deleting his name from the electoral roll prepared for electing ordinary fellows of the Senate of the Panjab University under category of the Principals of the Affiliated Arts College under Regulation 2(vii) of the Regulations framed under Sections 13, 14, 15 and 31(2)(a) of the Panjab University Act, 1947 (hereinafter to be referred as "the 1947 Act"). The petitioner has also challenged the correctness of the order dismissing his representation/appeal by the Committee.
(2.) Dispute in this writ petition is whether the petitioner is entitled to vote in the category of the Principals of the Affiliated Arts Colleges for electing ordinary fellows of the Senate of the Panjab University or not?
(3.) The Registrar of the respondent-University issued a communication dated 11.03.2020 notifying that election of ordinary fellows is required to be held and for that purpose, a register of the Electors has to be prepared. The information was sought with regard to the additions/deletions in the list already prepared by the stipulated date i.e. 03.04.2020. In other words, revision of electoral roll was proposed. In the aforesaid communication, it was notified that the preliminary register of electors would be made available on 22.06.2020 and the last date for receipt of claims for inclusion as electors would be 07.07.2020. The schedule as notified in the aforesaid communication is extracted as under:- 1 Preliminary Register of Electors to be made available 90 days before the date of election 22.06.2020 (Monday) 2 Last date for receipt of claims 75 days before the date of election. 07.07.2020 (Tuesday) 3 Last date for receipt of objections 60 days before the date of election 22.07.2020 (Wednesday) 4 Last date for receipt of intimation of change of address. 60 days before the date of election 22.07.2020 (Wednesday) 5 Final Register of electors to be made available 50 days before the date of election 03.08.2020 (Monday) (01.08.2020 & 02.08.2020 being Saturday and Sunday) 6 Notice inviting nomination to be issued. 49 days before the date of election 03.08.2020 (Monday) (02.08.2020 being Sunday) 7 Last date for receipt of nomination forms. Not later than 3 o' clock of the 40th day before the date of election. 11.08.2020 (Tuesday) 8 Date of publication of the list of candidates seeking election. 38 days before the date of election 13.08.2020 (Thursday) 9 Date of scrutiny of nomination papers and publication of the list of candidates whose papers have been found valid. 35 days before the date of election 17.08.2020 (Monday) (16.08.2020 being Sunday) 10 Last date for receipt of objections to the nomination papers. 30 days before the date of election 21.08.2020 (Friday) 11 Last date for withdrawal of candidature. Not later than 3 o' clock of the 25th day before the date of election. 26.08.2020 (Wednesday) 12 Date of election ............. 20.09.2020 (Sunday) Counting of votes 22.09.2020 (Tuesday) ;