- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:785 WP No. 100310 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION NO.100310 OF 2025 (CS-EL/M) BETWEEN: SHARANAVEERAPPA S/O. BASAPPA SHYADALAGERI, AGE ABOUT 42 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O: HANAMANAL PIN CODE – 583 280, TQ: KUSTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL. …PETITIONER (BY SRI SACHIN C. ANGADI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CO OPERATION, 6TH FLOOR, M. S. BUILDING, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU – 560 001. 2. THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR, THE CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES KOPPAL, PIN CODE – 583 231. 3. THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, THE CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, KUSTAGI – 583 277. 4. THE RETURNING OFFICER, FOR PRATHAMIKA SAHAKARI KRUSHI VISHAL NINGAPPA PATTIHAL Digitally signed by VISHAL NINGAPPA PATTIHAL Location: High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench Date: 2025.01.22 10:57:25 +0530 - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:785 WP No. 100310 of 2025 AND GRAMEENA ABHIVRUDDI BANK NI., KUSTAGI, PIN CODE – 583 277, TQ: KUSTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL. 5. THE STATE CO OPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER, 3RD FLOOR, SHANTI NAGAR, TTMC A BLOCK, BENGALURU – 560 027. 6. PRATHAMIKA SAHAKARI KRUSHI AND GRAMEENA ABHIVRUDDI BANK NI. KUSTAGI, PIN CODE: 583 227, TQ: KUSTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL. R/BY ITS SECRETARY. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI KIRTILATA R. PATIL, HCGP FOR R1 TO R3) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO, ISSUE A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI TO QUASH THE ELECTIONS HELD ON 5/1/2025 OF THE 6TH RESPONDENT BANK, AS PER ANNEXURE-A, AND IMPUGNED ELIGIBLE VOTER LIST OF TUGGALADONI CONSTITUENCY WHICH IS PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-B OF RESPONDENT NO. 6 BANK ELECTIONS, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. CONSEQUENTLY, ISSUE A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS TO PREPARE A FRESH VOTERS LIST FOR THE TUGGALADONI CONSTITUENCY OF THE 6TH RESPONDENT BANK AND TO CONDUCT RE-ELECTION FOR THE 6TH RESPONDENT BANK IN THE TUGGALADONI CONSTIENCY AS PER LAW IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC., THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THERIEN AS UNDER: - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:785 WP No. 100310 of 2025 ORAL ORDER (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA) The petitioner is before this Court calling in question the result of the election. 2. The counsel for the petitioner Sri Sachin C. Angadi projects plethora of circumstances, which would depict that the persons who are dead are made to cast their votes so on and so forth. 3. All these matters would become a subject matter of the election petitions, since elections are already over. Since the elections are over, the petitioner is reserved liberty to approach the appropriate forum/fora challenging the impugned action. The petition is disposed reserving liberty to urge all the contentions before the concerned Court in the event it is filed. Ordered accordingly. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NAA/CT-ASC/List No.: 3 Sl No.: 11