Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994–Sec. 43–Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Order 6, Rule 17–Amendment in election petition was allowed on the basis that the defendant has not filed the written statement and grant of amendment will not change the nature of the case–Trial Court ignored the settled proposition of election law as also taken a detour form of basic principles governing the provisions of Order 6, Rule 17–Court below permitted the respondent to plead altogether new facts and raise corresponding grounds–These amendments relates to the period of filing nomination and they were very much in existence–Addition of these grounds at a later stage will be barred by limitation–Application deserves to be rejected.
