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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA WRIT PETITION NO. 2415 OF 2025 (CS-EL/M) BETWEEN:
1. S GANESH S/O SRIRAMAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO.45
2. MADHU S/O RAMESH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO. B112
3. T RAMACHANDRAN S/O THIMMARAYAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO. 1284
4. H S LAKSHMINARAYANA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, S/O SHANKARA MEMBERSHIP NO. 01337
5. B V SRINIVASA REDDY S/O VENKATA REDDY AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO. 1366
6. G SULOCHANA D/O GANGADHAR AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO. 1415
7. H C CHIKKE GOWDA S/O HANUMANTHU AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO. 1415
Digitally signed by MAHALAKSHMI B M Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
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8. H V SHIVALINGAIAH, S/O VENKATAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO. 1475
9. NANJUNDASWAMY, S/O RAGHAVENDRA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS, MEMBERSHIP NO. 1499
10. T D RANGANNA S/O DEVAIAH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1500
11. S VELAYUDHAN S/O SHANKAR AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4211
12. C E SRINIVASAMURTHY S/O ERAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1502
13. H D GOWRAMBA D/O DEVAPPA AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1528
14. S MAHESH S/O SAMPANGI AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4211
15. H L KRISHNA S/O LINGANNA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4218
16. N MANMATHAN S/O NARASIMHA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1530
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17. H N VEERESH S/O NAGARAJ AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1573
18. SHANTHAKUMAR S/O RAJU AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1648
19. K V NARAYANASWAMY S/O VEERANNA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1712
20. V RAJENDRAPRASAD S/O VARAPRASAD AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1715
21. T V SURESH S/O VENKATESH AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1719
22. K N SRINIVAS S/O NAGESH AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1727
23. T SRINIVASA MURTHY S/O THYAGARAJ AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1774
24. K SRINIVAS S/O KENCHAPPA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1785
25. B S KRISHNE GOWDA S/O SHIVANNE GOWDA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. - 4 -
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26.
DAVID S/O SADAYANATHAN AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1824
27. S M RAMACHANDRAN S/O MAHESH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 28. M SRINIVASA MURTHY S/O MARAPPA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4130
29. C RAMESH S/O CHANNAIAH AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 4174
30. V YARISWAMY S/O VENKATESH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4175
31. S MAHESH S/O SONNAPPA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4211
32. GANGADHARAPPA S/O RAMAKRISHNA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4212
33. H L KRISHNA S/O LINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4213
34. SRINIVASA S/O RAVINDRA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4263
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35. S RAMESH S/O SRINIVASA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4264
36. C BHAGYAMMA D/O CHANNAIAH AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4313
37. RANGASWAMAIAH S/O NAGARAJ AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4321
38. G BALAJI S/O GANGADHAR AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4393
39. R MANJUNATH S/O RANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4396
40. SHIVARAME GOWDA S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4397
41. H M PUTTAGOWRAMMA D/O MARAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.4403
42. H NANJUNDAIAH S/O HANUMANTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4435
43. T L VIJAYANNA S/O LINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4492
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44. C S VEERABHADRAIAH S/O SAMPANGI AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4495
45. S G SHIVANANDA SWAMY S/O GANGADHAR AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4544
46. T V MALLIKARJUNA S/O VEERANNA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4545
47. A N TULASIRAM S/O NARAYANA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4579
48. S ANANDARAJU S/O SRINIVAS AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4595
49. GOWSAB S/O LATIF AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4601
50. Y NATARAJ S/O YOGARAJ AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.4637
51.
RANGAIAH S/O MOHAN RAJ AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4638
52. N KRISHNOJI RAO S/O NARAYANAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1914
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53. YASHWANTH KUMAR D R S/O RANGASWAMY AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1945
54. S VASANTHA KUMAR S/O SHANKAR AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1978
55. T CHANDR KUMAR S/O THIMAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1979
56. C RAVICHANDRAN S/O CHANDRASHEKAR AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1980
57. N SAROJA D/O NARAYAN AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1983
58. T N SAMPANGI RAMA REDDY S/O NARAYANA REDDY AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1988
59. H GOPAL S/O HANUMANTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1989
60. D VISHWANATH S/O DEVARAJ AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 2037
61. R SUNDAR S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 2089
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62. VIJAYASRI NARAGUNDA S/O RAJESH NARAGUNDA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 2107
63. CHICKKACHANAIAH S/O RAGHAVENDRA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 221
64. RAVI KUMAR S/O THIMMANNA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 34/59
65. NANJUNDASWAMY S/O RAMESH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1498
66. T O GANGANNA S/O OBALAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1500
67. C CHINNA D/O CHANDRA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1513
68. H MUDDAPA S/O HANUMANTHA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1628
69. H GOPAL S/O HARISH AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1989
70. N NARASIMHA MURTHY S/O NANDA KUMAR AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 2162
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71. S SATISHA S/O SANTOSH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO 2379
72. R SHIVASHANKAR S/O RAJANNA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 2913
73. S P PATIL S/O PUTTAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 3787
74.
VASIRUDDIN S/O AZAR AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 3801
75. D RAJAPPA S/O DODDAIAH AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 3922
76. SRINIVASAIAH S/O RAMACHANDRA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 3923
77. R KRISHNAPPA S/O RAJANNA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 3966
78. B C RUDRESH S/O CHANDRA AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4648
79. SHIVE GOWDA S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4649
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80. SRINIVAS MURTHY S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4647
81. BALACHANDRA HEGADE S/O HEMANNA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4719
82. M R SHIVA KUMAR S/O RAJENDRA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4756
83. H R RAMAKRISHNA S/O RAMESH AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4765
84. NAGENDRA KUMAR S/O RANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4839
85. BASAPPA MUDNAL S/O RANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4857
86. U C VEERASWAMY S/O CHANDRASHEKAR AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4889. 87. M RAVIKUMAR S/O MARAPPA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4897
88. T KRISHNA S/O THIMAIAH AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5186
89. NINGAPPA
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S/O RAMAMURTHY AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5061
90. BASAVANANDA S/O NANJUNDA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5104
91. G K SATISH KUMAR S/O KEMPALAH AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5186
92. NARENDRA KUMAR S/O RAJANNA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.5373
93. T PUTTASWAMY S/O THIMAPPA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5187
94. A S MURALIDHARA S/O SEENAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5212
95. T HANUMAIAH S/O THIRUMALAIAH AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5897
96. L HARISH S/O LINGAIAH AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1340
97. SHANTHAKUMAR S/O HARISH AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1648
98.
B D THIPPESWAMY S/O DODDAIAH
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AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 2169
99. M P SHASHIDHARA S/O PARAMESH AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.4374
100. C SEENAPPA S/O CHANDRAPPA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 2654
101. C S RAVI S/O SANTOSH AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 102. M G SHEKARAPPA S/O GOVINDAPPA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4499
103. M M NAGARAJ S/O MAHESHWARAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 5701
104. H. CHALUVE GOWDA S/O HANUMANTHU AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1415
105. H B SHIVALINGAIAH S/O BHASKAR AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1475
106. B PRABHAKARAN S/O BASAVARAJ AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1492
107. NANJUNDASWAMY S/O NANDEESHA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO. 1498
108. T D GANGANNA S/O DHANEESH AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1500
109. S VELAYUDHAN S/O RAMANATHAN AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1501
110. C E SRINIVASA MURTHY S/O RAJANNA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1502
111. H N VEERESHA S/O NAGARAJ AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1573
112. SHANTHA KUMAR S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1648
113. K V NARAYANASWAMY S/O VASANTH AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1712
114. V RAJENDRAPRASAD S/O VARADAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1715
115. P V SURESH S/O VARADAPPA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1719
116. K SRINIVAS S/O KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO.1779
117. B S KRISHNE GOWDA S/O SHARANAPPA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1785
118. B V SHANKAR REDDY S/O VENKAT REDDY AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1897
119. H C CHANNA BASAPPA S/O CHANDRASHEKAR AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1907
120. D T ASHWATH S/O THIMAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1909
121.
DEVARAJAIH S/O RANGANATH AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1920
122. S HARIKRISHNA S/O SAMPATH AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1924
123. S SIDDARAJU S/O SADANNA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1927
124. K N RAMANI D/O NANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1930
125. H S LEELAMURTHY D/O SHANKARAJU AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO.1932
126. B R NARAYANASWAMY S/O RAGHAVA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1971
127. VENKATARAMANAPPA S/O RAJENDRA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.1972
128. RAMKUMAR S/O RAJU AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.300
129. M N MAHALAKSHMI D/O RAJU AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 303
130. K P RAJAKUMARA S/O RAMU AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.B-73
131. HEMACHANDRA S/O RAJANNA AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 34/70
132. GIRIGOWDA S/O RAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 298
133. Y H SHIVANNA S/O SHIVAPPA AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 31/46
134. PADMABHAI D/O SURESH AGED ABOUT 82 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO. 29/78
135. JAYADEVARAJA URS S/O DEVARAJURS AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. B-52
136. D SIDDAPPA S/O SIDDEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 30/09
137. BHASKARSHETTI S/O RAMSHETTI AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 32/72
138. S NARAYANA S/O THIMMEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 31/85
139. V PUSHPARAJ S/O RAMRAJ AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 34/20
140. SHANKAR RAO S/O RAMRAO AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. A-104
141. SUBBARAO S/O RAMRAO AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO.1319
142. K K SUMITHRA D/O UTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1414
143. H MUNIKRISHNA S/O RAMKRISHNA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO. 36/63
144. S NAGARAJ S/O V SAMPANGI AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.34/79
145. R K ASHWATHNARAYAN S/O RAYANNA AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.
1493
146. SISILA D/O RAMU AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 28/47
147. SARASA D/O RANGANNA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 28/48
148. G S PANCHAKSHARI S/O RAMU AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 28/58
149. T R.LAKSHMI D/O RAMESH AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 28/47
150. M RAMANNA S/O RAJANNA AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 28/95
151. L K DEVIKA D/O SAMPATH AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 30/35
152. FRANSIS KUMAR S/O KUMAR AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO. 32/12
153. B PUTTARAJU S/O NAGARAJ AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 32/51
154. SRIRAMAPPA S/O RANGANNA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 33/23
155. M LAGAMAIAH S/O RAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 33/39
156. JAYARAMAIAH S/O KENCHAPPA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.33/50
157. GANGANNA GOWDA S/O RAMEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 34/22
158. D NAGARAJ S/O RAJU AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 35/60
159. BABU REDDY S/O GANGANNA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 35/61
160. R SHIVA KUMAR S/O GOVINDAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 35/63
161. G K NAGAIAH S/O NAGAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO. 36/04
162. LAKSHMAN GOWDA S/O RANJEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 36/22
163. R MANJUSRI S/O SRIKANTAIAH AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 36/28
164. R RAJESHWARI D/O RAO AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.36/44
165. N MUNISWAMY S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.36/48
166. M GOVINDARAJ S/O RAJU AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.36/59
167. H K JAYARAMAIAH S/O RANGARAJU AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.36/86
168. B ANANDA S/O RAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.36/87
169. SRIDHAR HEGDE S/O HEGDE AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 36/89
170.
Y J JAYARAME GOWDA S/O RAME GOWDA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS
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MEMBERSHIP NO. 37/12
171. VISHWARADHYA S/O ARADHYA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. A-04
172. SHANTHA KUMAR S/O RAM KUMAR AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. A-79
173. N NAGARAJ S/O RAMU AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1-116
174. RAVICHANDRA S S/O RAMACHANDRA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. B-22
175. RAMESH L K S/O RAMU AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. B-35
ALL ARE MEMBERS OF KARNATAKA RAJYA RASTHE SARIGE NOUKARARA GRUHA NIRMANA SAHAKARA SANGHA NIYAMITHA, KENGAL HANUMANTHAIAH ROAD, SHANTHINAGARA, BENGALURU-560 027 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. JAI PRAKASH REDDY M., ADVOCATE) AND:
1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATION, M S BUILDING, BANGALORE - 560 001
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2. THE CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY 3RD FLOOR, SHANTHINAGAR TTMC 'A' BLOCK, K H ROAD, SHANTHINAGAR, BENGALURU-560 027 BY ITS COMMISSIONER
3. THE RETURNING OFFICER KARNATAKA RAJYA RASTHE SARIGE NOUKARARA GRUHA NIRMANA SAHAKARA SANGHA NIYAMITHA KENGAL HANUMANTHAIAH ROAD, SHANTHINAGARA, BENGALURU-560 027
4. KARNATAKA RAJYA RASTHE SARIGE NOUKARARA GRUHA NIRMANA SAHAKARA SANGHA NIYAMITHA KENGAL HANUMANTHAIAH ROAD SHANTHINAGARA BENGALURU-560 027 BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGISTERED UNDER THE KARNATAKA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 1959 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. YOGESH D. NAIK, AGA FOR R1 and R3;
SRI. T.L.KIRAN KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R2;
SMT. G.V.VEENA, ADVOCATE FOR R4)
THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS TO CONDUCT THE ELECTIONS TO THE RESPONDENT NO.4 SOCIETY BY INCLUDING THE NAME OF THE PETITIONERS IN THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS LIST OF RESPONDENT NO.4 SOCIETY AND BY PERMITTING THE PETITIONERS TO VOTE AS PER CALENDAR OF EVENTS DATED. 09.01.2025 VIDE ANNEXURE-B ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.3. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM:
HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA
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ORAL ORDER The petitioners are seeking for the following prayers:-
“i. Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction, directing the respondents to conduct the elections to the respondent No.4 society by including the name of the petitioners in the eligible voters list of respondent No.4 society and by permitting the petitioner to vote as per calendar of events dated 09-01-2025 vide Annexure-B issued by respondent No.3. ii. Pass such other orders as may be appropriate in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the ends of justice and equity.”
2. This Court by way of an interim arrangement on 29.01.2025 permitted the petitioners to cast their votes in the ensuing election scheduled on 02.02.2025 subject to final outcome of this petition.
3. Heard Sri Jai Prakash Reddy .M, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Yogesh D. Naik, learned AGA for respondent Nos.1 and 3, Sri T.L. Kiran Kumar, learned
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counsel for respondent No.2 and Smt. G.V. Veena, learned counsel for respondent No.4.
4. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the election has been held as scheduled on 02.02.2025 and the petitioners have cast their votes.
5. Reiterating various contentions raised in the writ petition, it is mainly urged that no individual notice is issued to the petitioners while the names of the petitioners are excluded in the final voters list and the respondents have acted against mandate requirement of Rule 13 (D) (2-A) of the Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Rules, 1960 (‘the Rules’ for short). It is urged that the petitioners should be treated as eligible voters and their votes to be counted as valid votes.
6.
Learned counsel for respondent No.4-Society has not followed the mandatory requirement of the aforementioned rules and cast votes of the petitioners to
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be included while counting and the results to be announced.
7. It is brought to the notice of this Court that under identical circumstances, the Co-Ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of H.S. Raju and others Vs. State of Karnataka and others1 (H.S. Raju) has permitted the votes to be counted and election results to be announced, keeping open all contentions to be adjudicated in the appropriate forum under Section 70 (2) (c) of the Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Act, 1959 (‘the Act’ for short). Whether the petitioners would incur any disqualification to vote or not is a question of fact to be decided by the appropriate authority under Section 70 (2) (c) of the Act and hence, the following:
ORDER i. Writ petition is disposed of.
1 2022 (4) AKR 775
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ii. The Returning Officer to count the votes, including the votes cast by petitioners and announce the results of the election, which was scheduled on 02.02.2025.
iii. Aggrieved party is entitled to raise a dispute under Section 70 (2) (c) of the Act, if raised a dispute under the said provision, questioning the eligibility of the petitioners to vote in the election to the Board of the respondent – society, the said dispute shall be decided without being influenced by the interim order granted by this Court and it is made clear that granting of an interim
order in favour of the petitioner would not give any finding on the eligibility of the petitioners to vote in the election of the Board of respondent – society.
iv. The eligibility of the petitioners to vote in the election is kept open to be decided in a dispute, if any, raised in this regard.
v. If any such dispute relating to the eligibility of the petitioners to vote in the election to the Board of the respondent-society is
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raised, the effect of holding the petitioners ineligible to vote and excluding such votes, on the final outcome of the election results shall also be taken into account before passing the final orders.
vi. The vote cast by the petitioners shall be kept in a separate sealed box after counting.
vii. This Court has not expressed any merits or demerits of the ineligibility of the petitioners.
Sd/- JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA
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