WRIT - C No. 6327 of 2025 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. 2025:AHC:54279 Reserved on :04.04.2025 Delivered on :15.04.2025 Court No. - 9 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6327 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anuj Tyagi Respondent :- District Election Officer (Municipal Board General Election -2023), Collectorate District Ghaziabad And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akash Tyagi,Neha Tyagi,Pankaj Kumar Tyagi,Satish Kumar Tyagi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ramesh Kumar Pandey,Tarun Agrawal Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. 1. The short controversy before the Court is - “As to whether by amendment application moved under Order VI Rule 17 CPC, amendment can be made in an election petition filed by an unsuccessful candidate impleading the other contesting candidates who were not initially joined in the election petition?” 2. Facts in brief, leading to the present case, are that an election for Corporator for Ward No. 87, Gyankhand Indirapuram, Ghaziabad was held on 11.05.2023. Counting was held on 13.05.2023 and result was declared and petitioner was declared to be successful getting 1291 votes, while the election petitioner, respondent no. 4 secured only 1181 votes. 3. An Election Petition No. 06 of 2023 was filed by respondent no. 4