Telangana High Court dismisses KA Paul’s plea

A two-judge Bench of Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice NV Shravan Kumar, on Tuesday dismissed a writ plea filed by the Praja Shanthi Party which sought directions to the ECI to allot a common symbol for their party. The common symbol sought by the party was ”helicopter” or ”ring”. 

Party president Dr KA Paul contended that they were in existence as a registered political party since 2019 and said that non-consideration of his party was arbitrary. The ECI, on the other



hand, informed that the petitioner had failed to produce annual accounts, financial statements and election expenses and said the petitioner”s case could not be considered. 

The Bench pointed out that the rejection order passed by the ECI on October 18 is not under challenge before the court and observed that the same cannot be interfered with. The court said that as the election process was in progress, the petitioner cannot claim any relief at this point.