- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25636 WP No. 17121 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 17121 OF 2024 (CS-EL/M) BETWEEN: K.V. RENUKA MURTHY, SON OF LATE VEERANNA, AGED ABOUT 76 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 11, 1ST CROSS, K.K. LANE, COTTONPET, BANGALORE - 560 053. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. CHETAN DESAI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CO OPERATIVE, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. THE JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND ELECTION OFFICER, CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION COMMISSION, 3RD FLOOR, T.T.M.C 'A' BLOCK, K.H. ROAD, SHANTHINAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 027. 3. TALAKAVERI HOUSE BUILDING CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED, HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT NO. 3/3, 2ND FLOOR VAMSH WHITE APARTMENT, 4TH CROSS, NEHRU NAGARA, Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25636 WP No. 17121 of 2024 SESHADRIPURAM, BANGALORE - 560 020, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. 4. SRI. M. SHANMUGAM, RETURNING OFFICER, TALAKAVERI HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED, NO. 3/3, 2ND FLOOR, VAMSH WHITE APARTMENT, 4TH CROSS, NEHRU NAGARA, SESHADRIPURAM, BANGALORE - 560 020. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. HARISH A.S, AGA FOR R1, R2 AND R4) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R-2 CO OPERATIVE ELECTION COMMISSION AND R-4 TO PERMIT THE PETITIONER TO CAST HIS VOTE IN THE ELECTION TO THE POSTS OF DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF THE R-3 SOCIETY SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 30.06.2024 AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25636 WP No. 17121 of 2024 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ ORAL ORDER 1. This Court by way of various interim orders had permitted the petitioners who were declared to be ineligible voters to cast their vote in the elections of the Society, subject to the result of the writ petition and that the votes cast by the petitioners shall be kept in separate ballot boxes. 2. A Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of H.S.Raju vs. State of Karnataka & others1 has after considering the matter in detail come to a categorical conclusion that any irregularity in the conduct of election a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India would not be the proper remedy any dispute as regards the eligibility or ineligibility and the deficiencies in finalization of final electoral list, could only be considered in a dispute raised as regard the election under Section 70 (2) of the 1 W.P.No.8502/2022 dated 7.6.2022 - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25636 WP No. 17121 of 2024 Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 after the announcement of the results by counting even the votes cast by the petitioners. 3. The said judgment not having been challenged and having attained finality, the fact being more or less similar would equally apply to the present matter. 4. In that view of the matter, I pass the following: ORDER i) The Writ Petitions are disposed of. ii) The Returning Officer in each of the above matters is directed to announce the result within seven days of the receipt of a copy of this order by taking into account the votes cast by the petitioners in each of the above matters. iii) In the event of any proceeding being filed in relation to the results of the election under Section 70 (2) of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959, all the contentions raised herein and any that - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25636 WP No. 17121 of 2024 may be raised are left open for consideration in accordance with the applicable law, this court has not expressed any opinion on those issues. iv) The votes cast by the respective petitioners which had been directed to be kept in separate box shall continue to be retained in a separate box until the disposal of the dispute if any raised within the time frame prescribed. SD/- (SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE DH List No.: 1 Sl No.: 36 CT: BHK