Mumbai, 14 Jan (HS): The Bombay High Court has

rejected petition against the candidates who were elected unopposed, and demanding

making available option of ‘NOTA’ to the voters. The Court also expressed anger

over wrongly filed petition to it.

During hearing the petition was similar to those

already pending. The petitioner’s lawyer said that the petition relating to

election is different, to which Justice Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam A

Khand expressed discontent and said that the petition is not different and the

court should not be given wrong information. The Court also said that penl

action can be initiated in such cases. However, the petition was rejected

without imposing any fine.

In Maharashtra 66 candidates were declared elected

unopposed. The polling in 29 municipal corporations is scheduled for January

15. Formal declaration of their election by the authorities will be made on

January 16. Out of the 66 elected unopposed BJP is leading with 44, followed by

Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) 19, NCP (Ajita Pawar) 2 and one from Islam Party in

Malegan.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar