https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273234 Official Gazette publication is the exclusive mode for fixing dates for nomination, scrutiny, withdrawal and polling under the prescribed municipal election procedure. The relevant notification date is the date of Gazette publication, not preparation or dispatch. A nomination deadline fixed without the required interval after publication breaches the mandatory electoral timetable and vitiates the resulting election. Availability of an election petition does not necessarily bar writ relief where the challenge is promptly brought before polling, targets the legality of the election programme itself, and the election proceeds subject to the writ outcome. en-us Wed, 19 Mar 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:45:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273234 Official Gazette publication is the exclusive mode for fixing dates for nomination, scrutiny, withdrawal and polling under the prescribed municipal election procedure. The relevant notification date is the date of Gazette publication, not preparation or dispatch. A nomination deadline fixed without the required interval after publication breaches the mandatory electoral timetable and vitiates the resulting election. Availability of an election petition does not necessarily bar writ relief where the challenge is promptly brought before polling, targets the legality of the election programme itself, and the election proceeds subject to the writ outcome. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Mar 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273234