
    Joan K. Davidson, Respondent, and Alexander B. Grannis, Intervenor-Respondent, v. Erlich E. Eastman et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents, and New York County Liberal Party, Appellant. (And Other Proceedings.)
    Argued October 18, 1974;
    decided October 18, 1974.
    
      
      Edward A. Morrison ids New York County Liberal Party, appellant.
    
      John F. Haggerty for Roy M. Goodman, intervenor-appellant.
    
      Justin N. Feldman and Sharon Sprung for Robert M. Morgenthau, intervenor-appellant.
    
      Edward N. Gostikyan, Steven Finell and William Josephson for Joan K. Davidson and Alexander B. Grannis, respondents.
    
      Jack B. Levitt for Richard Kuh, respondent.
   Memorandum. We construe the ultimate objective of these three proceedings to be to strike the designations of three candidates. The procedure to accomplish this objective is to be found in subdivision 1 of section 330 of the Election Law.

The particular defect on the basis of which the challenge here is grounded is failure to file the required authorizations under subdivision 4 of section 137 of the Election Law. The statute mandated such filing on July 19. Even if challengers were to be allowed a reasonable time thereafter within which to discover such omissions, the 14-day statutory period of limitations of subdivision 1 of section 330 had long expired when these proceedings were instituted on September 19 and thereafter.

The device of an article 78 proceeding may not be employed to reopen a period of limitation which has expired. (Matter of Murray v. Lord, 35 N Y 2d 737.)

Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Waohtler and Rabin concur; Judge Stevens taking no part.

Order reversed, without costs, and the petitions dismissed in a memorandum.  