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“In case the online application is non-functional, an officer must be appointed in every district for granting permission for campaigning and this officer’s name must be displayed publicly on notice boards,” Pawar added. Due to this glitch, we lost several days of campaigning which cannot be compensated,” said Pawar.The petitioner has also annexed screenshots of the application and letter written for permission by the party to election officer at Indore. INDORE: A newly-formed political party has filed a PIL before high court seeking extension of election date , since they were not invited to meetings related to polls at the district election officer.The petition was listed for correction of defaults on Friday and will be heard by a division bench. It was filed by Swarnim Bharat Inquilab party which was registered as a political party before declaration of model code of conduct.The party’s national president and petitioner Deepak Pawar has alleged that despite being registered as a political party with the Election Commission, their party was not given information about any election related meeting held at the district collector’s office.The petitioner party has also alleged that the district collector had also not posted information on notice boards or any other form regarding whom to be contracted for obtaining permission for campaigning in the area.“When we approached the election officer at the state level, they directed us to obtain permission for campaigning through an online application, on which message flashed of the facility being unavailable..