The
Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation
challenging the State Election Commission's conduct in relation to the First
Level Checking of EVMs and VVPATs ahead of the upcoming general elections.
Petitioner
Anil Kumar, President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, submitted that
sufficient notices were not given for carrying out First Level Checking (FLC)
and the political parties thus could not prepare themselves for the process.
A
bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula
observed that the plea was directed against the State Election Commission when
they have nothing to do with it.
The
officials were working for the Election Commission of India, remarked the court
as it asked the petitioner to withdraw the present petition and file a fresh
petition.
The
petitioner prays for withdrawal of the petition with a liberty to file a fresh
PIL. The petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the said liberty, the court
ordered.
The
petition prayed for a direction to State Election Commission to re-convene the
FLC after giving sufficient notice.