- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:4072 WP No. 2154 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 2154 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: IDEAL DEMOCRATIC EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION (IDEA), REGISTERED OFFICE AT NO. 99(1), FIRST FLOOR, RAJIV GANDHI NAGAR STREET, BEHIND NITHYANANDA HIGH SCHOOL, JIGANI, ANEKAL TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 105, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, ANJULA VISHWANATH, W/O VISHWANATH, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 99, RAJIV GANDHI NAGAR STREET, BEHIND NITHYANANDA HIGH SCHOOL, JIGANI, ANEKAL TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 105. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. VISWANATHA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, NIRVACHANA NILAYA, MAHARANI'S COLLEGE CIRCLE, SHESHADRI ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER, KARNATAKA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, NO. 16, 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR, BALLARI ROAD, SADASHIVANAGARA, BENGALURU - 560 080, RESPONDENTS 1 AND 2 Digitally signed by DHARMALINGAM Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:4072 WP No. 2154 of 2025 REPRESENTED BY THE LEARNED HCGP. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SHAMANTH NAIK, HCGP) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO I) ORDER OR DIRECTION TO R1 AND R2 FOR CONDUCTING AUTHENTIC AND TRANSPARENT DOOR-TO-DOOR VERIFICATION OF THE VOTER IDS/I-CARDS AND RE-EVALUATION OF RESULTING VOTER LIST BY DELETING ALL DUPLICATE / FAKE VOTER I.D.S/I-CARDS AND ENSURING THAT VOTERS ARE NOT SHUFFLED IN ANY OTHER WARDS AND VOTERS ARE VOTING IN AND FOR THE WARD WHEREIN VOTERS ARE RESIDING, WITH REGARDS TO ALL 23 WARDS IN JIGANI PURASABHA/TOWN MUNICIPALITY AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R DEVDAS ORAL ORDER The petitioner is seeking to espouse a public cause. The present writ petition is not maintainable. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed reserving liberty to the petitioner to file a public interest litigation, if it so chooses. In view of the disposal of the main matter, pending IAs are disposed of. Sd/- (R DEVDAS) JUDGE rv Sl No.: 18, CT: BHK