IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR W.P.NOs.57258-57261/2016 (CS-EL/M) BETWEEN:
1. MUNNISUVRATH SRI SOUHARDA CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED (REGISTERED UNDER KARNATAKA SOUHARDA SAHAKARI ACT, 1997) NO.62, M.B.T. STREET ZUMMA MASJID CROSS ROAD AVENUE ROAD BANGALORE-560 002 REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT SRI. MUKESH KUMAR 2. SHREE LAKSHMI MULTI PURPOSE SOUHARDA CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED (REGISTERD UNDER KARNATAKA SOUHARDA SAHAKARI ACT, 1997) NO.01, 5TH CROSS, VIJAYALAKSHMI LAYOUT NAGASANDRA POST BAGALAGUNTE BANGALORE-560073 REP. BY ITS VICE PRESIDENT SRI. RAMACHANDRAIAH K.R.
3. BAPU SOUHARDA CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED, (REGISTERED UNDER KARNATAKA SOUHARDA SAHAKARI ACT, 1997) NO.02, BAPU BUILDING, ‘F’ BUS STOP ABBIGERE, BANGALORE-560027 REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT 4. ARADHANA SOUHARDA CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED REGISTERED UNDER KARNATAKA SOUHARDA SAHAKARI ACT 1997 NO.408, 707 GROUP, SHIVA MANDIRA ROAD 4TH PHASE, YELAHANKA UPANAGARA BANGALORE-560 064 REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT ... PETITIONERS (BY SRI.MADHUKAR NADIG, ADVOCATE-ABSENT) AND:
1. THE DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE REPRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, VIDHANA SOUDHA BANGALORE-560 001.
2. THE KARNATAKA STATE SOUHARDA FEDERAL CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED HEAD OFFICE AT NIRAMAN BHAVAN DR. RAJKUMAR ROAD 1ST BLOCK, RAJAJI NAGAR BANGALORE-560 010 REP. BY MANAGING DIRECTOR 3. REGIONAL ELECTION COMMISSIONER BANGALORE DIVISION, BANGALORE, 2ND FLOOR BMTC BUILDING SHANTHI NAGARA K.H. ROAD, BANGALORE-27.
4. CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY BANGALORE 3RD FLOOR, BMTC ‘A’ BLOCK SHANTHI NAGAR, K.H.ROAD BANGALORE-5600 27 BY JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.A.C. BALARAJ, HCGP FOR R1; SRI.A. DEVARAJA, ADVOCATE FOR R2;
SRI. N. KRISHNA REDDY, ADVOCATE FOR R4 THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE LIST OF DISQUALIFIED OF CO- OPERATIVES PUBLISHED BY THE R-3 DATED 07.10.2016 FOR THE ELECTION OF BOARDS OF STATE SOUHADA FEDERAL CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED (AS PER ANNEXURE-F) THESE PETITIONS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R None appears for petitioners.
2. Petitioners are seeking for quashing of list of members dated 07.10.2016- Annexure-F, whereunder list of members of society who have been disqualified, have been published and petitioners have also sought for a writ of mandamus to respondent Nos.2 and 3 and to consider the objections dated 24.10.2016, 25.12.2016 and 28.10.2016 vide Annexures- G, H and J respectively, filed by petitioner Nos. 2 to 4.
3. It is now submitted by learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 4 in chorus that elections have been already held to respondent No.2- The Karnataka State Souharda Federal Co-operative limited. Thus, nothing survives for consideration in the writ petitions.
Placing said submission on record, petitions are dismissed as having become infructuous.
SD/- JUDGE RU