IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR.N.V.ANJARIA CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN WRIT APPEAL NO. 1515/2024 (GM-TEN) BETWEEN 1 . OM SOFTWARES THAKKAR PLAZA, GROUND FLOOR, CLUB ROAD, BELGAUM - 590 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR SRI ANIL KUMAR KORISHETTY, S/O SRI SHANKAR RAO, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS 2 . GUNDAL BUSINESS PVT LTD, NO. 1009/1, GUNDAL ARCADE, 2ND MAIN, 2ND CROSS, NIJALINGAPPA LAYOUT, DAVANGERE - 577002 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR, SRI MANJUNATH GUNDAL, S/O SRI G K PARSHURAM SHETTY, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS 3 . KESARI TECHNOLOGIES NO. 2756, 4TH CROSS, MCC B BLOCK, DAVANAGERE - 577004 REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR SRI P GUNDAL, W.A.NO.1515/2024 2 S/O SRI G K PARSHURAM SHETTY, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS. ... APPELLANT/S (BY SRI./SMT.: SHREEHARI KUTSA & ABHIJIT S BAPU, ADVOCATES) AND: 1 . CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, KARNATAKA NIRVACHANA NILAYA, SHESHADRI ROAD, BENGALURU - 560001.. …RESPONDENT/S (BY SRI./SMT.: S.R.DODAWAD, C/R-1 IN CP 18232/2024, 18233/2024 & 18235/2024, ADVOCATES) THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO A. SET ASIDE THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE IN W.P.NO.26612/2024 DATED 04/10/2024 AND ETC., THIS WRIT APPEAL COMING ON FOR ORDERS ON THIS DAY THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER. CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.JUSTICE N.V.ANJARIA AND HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.I.ARUN W.A.NO.1515/2024 3 ORAL ORDER (PER: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.JUSTICE N.V.ANJARIA) Four weeks' time is granted to remove the office objections, failing which the appeal shall stand dismissed automatically without reference to or order of the Court. In the event the office objections are complied with, the appeal shall be listed on 05.03.2025. Sd/- (N.V.ANJARIA) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (M.I.ARUN) JUDGE TYPED BY : SK CASE WORKER : SS COMPARED BY : SS COPY Sd/- ASSISTANT REGISTRAR