Hyderabad, June 10 -- The Telangana High Court on Monday, June 9, dismissed an election petition challenging the victory of CPI's Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao from the Kothagudem Assembly constituency, emphasising that baseless election petitions should not linger over legislators and distract them from their public service responsibilities.

The petition was filed by a voter, Nandu Lal Agarwal, who alleged that Rao had failed to disclose his wife's name in his election affidavit, purportedly violating Rule 4A of the Conduct of Election Rules.

Agarwal further claimed that Rao's nomination papers were improperly accepted by the Returning Officer and that his affidavit was notarised by an advocate whose notary certificate had expired.

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