{"id":232959,"date":"2020-07-28T13:58:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T08:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=232959"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:57:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:27:32","slug":"ap-hc-nota-not-applicable-where-candidate-declared-winner-uncontested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/07\/28\/ap-hc-nota-not-applicable-where-candidate-declared-winner-uncontested\/","title":{"rendered":"AP HC | NOTA not applicable where candidate declared winner uncontested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amravati:<\/strong> A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari, CJ and B. Krishna Mohan, J., addressed a Public Interest Litigation wherein a direction was sought to declare the proclamation, attempt or conduct of Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission in not conducting any election\/poll for any post where there is only a single candidate in the fray for such post in any constituency, during the ensuing elections to be held for the members of local governing bodies in lieu of notifications and thereby depriving the electors&#8217; of their right to vote in the form of NOTA against such single candidate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; color: #800000;\">Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2006<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Public Interest Litigation was filed referring to the amendment introduced in 2018 to the <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the above-stated Rules, insertion was Rule 35-A was done after Rule 35, which was as follows:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(1)\u201cNotwithstanding anything contained in these Rules, in the Postal Ballot Papers and in the Ballot papers used for conduct of poll at polling stations with Ballot Boxes or Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), provision shall be made for \u2018None of the Above\u2019 (NOTA) option for the benefit of those electors who may wish to exercise their option of not voting to any of the candidates in the fray. The last panel of the ballot paper below the last candidate shall be earmarked for \u2018None of the Above\u2019 (NOTA) option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2) The State Election Commission may give such directions, as may be necessary, for effective implementation of \u2018None of the Above\u2019 (NOTA) option.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">What do the stated Rules say?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case of\u00a0 Postal Ballot Papers used for conduct of poll at polling stations with Ballot Boxes or Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs),\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8216;None of the Above&#8217; (NOTA)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>provision is required to be made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">When can NOTA be exercised?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NOTA applies in case where there is contest of election and as per the language set up in Rule 35-A of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">A<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; color: #008000;\">ndhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2006,\u00a0<\/span>when there is an election through Ballot Boxes or EVM&#8217;s only then the said option can be exercised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, Court in view of the fact that, <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">in cases where candidates have been declared uncontested, NOTA cannot be applied, dismissed the present petition. [A.V. Badra Naga Seshayya v. State of A.P., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/z3wl84L7\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine AP 509<\/b><\/a> , decided on 20-07-2020]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amravati: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari, CJ and B. 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