Writ petitions challenging a co-operative society voter list were withdrawn by counsel on the advice of elders. The High Court dismissed the petitions as withdrawn without deciding the substantive legal challenges to the electoral list.
The writ petitions were dismissed as withdrawn in the interest of justice and equity.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH
DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY 2020
BEFORE
THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE S.G. PANDIT
W.P.NOs.118147-118236 OF 2020(CS-EL/M)
BETWEEN:
3 Smt. Jyoti Devaraj Naik Age: 36 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Togarhalli Shanvalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 108 (Sl.No.47)
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5 Sri. Kuppayya Maralu Devadiga Age: 76 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanvalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 131 (Sl.No.61) 6 Smt. Subbi W/o. Bangaryya Naik Age: 62 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 141 (Sl.No.70) 7 Sri. Nagya Kedari Jogi Age: 61 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 151 (Sl.No.76) 8 Sri. Naraasimha Sola Pujari Age: 50 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 177 (Sl.No.95) 9 Smt. Sharavati W/o. Sheshu Marati Age: 65 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 180 (Sl.No.97) 10 Sri. Chandrasekhar Shivappa Gouda Age: 56 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa
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Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 184 (Sl.No.101) 11 Sri. Chamaraj Shivappa Gouda Age: 54 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 185 (Sl.No.102) 12 Sri. Anant Keriya Naik Age: 58 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 190 (Sl.No.106) 13 Sri. Sadashiva Adiveppa Gouda Age: 57 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 236 (Sl.No.146) 14 Sri. Manjunath Ganapati Hegde Age: 66 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 194 (Sl.No.109) 15 Sri. Lakshman Keriya Naik Age: 50 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 198 (Sl.No.112)
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16 Sri. Vijay Shantu Naik Age: 46 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 212 (Sl.No.124) 17 Sri. Ganapati Basyya Gouda Age: 64 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 221 (Sl.No.132) 18 Sri. Chandra Basavanni Naik Age: 46 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 230 (Sl.No.140)
19 Sri. Mallikarjuna Venkana Gouda Age: 50 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 233 (Sl.No.143)
20 Sri. Shivu Chandappa Lamani Age: 54 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 234 (Sl.No.144)
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21 Smt. Basavva W/o. Ganapati. Naik Age: 55Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedsagaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 235 (Sl.No.145) 22 Sri. Basiya S/o. Laxman Gouda Age: 49 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 668 (Sl.No.479) 23 Sri. Krishna Kanna Marati Age: 40 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 238 (Sl.No.148) 24 Sri. Vinayak Shivappa Gouda Age: 39 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 240 (Sl.No.149) 25 Sri. Parameshwar Choudappa Naik Age: 59 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 243 (Sl.No.152) 26 Sri. Krishna Hanumanth Naik Age: 46 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod
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Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 247 (Sl.No.156)
27 Sri. Ganapati Mancha Naik Age: 48 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 250 (Sl.No.158) 28 Sri. Balachandra Krishna Hegde Age: 49 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 264 (Sl.No.171) 29 Sri. Ganapati Rama Marathi Age: 49 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 269 (Sl.No.175) 30 Sri. Sannu Ningu Marathi Age: 70 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 272 (Sl.No.178) 31 Sri. Udaya Venkana Gouda Age: 47 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 275 (Sl.No.181)
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32 Smt. Savitri W/o. Nanudevu Gouda Age: 60 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 276 (Sl.No.182) 33 Sri. Channabasavanagouda Venkan Gouda Age: 49 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 282 (Sl.No.188)
34 Sri. Krishna Devendrappa Joger Age: 41 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 382 (Sl.No.263)
35 Sri. Venkataramana Somu Marathi Age: 44 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 391 (Sl.No.268) 36 Sri. Krishna Govind Pujar Age: 54 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummadhagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 415 (Sl.No.284)
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| 37 | Sri. Anand Bangari Devadiga |
|---|---|
| Age: 43 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 427 (Sl.No.294) |
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| 38 | Sri. Narayan Sura Devadig Age: 65 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 432 (Sl.No.298) |
| 39 | Sri. Kamalakar Narayan Hegde Age: 65 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shavanalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 440 (Sl.No.304) |
| 40 | Sri.Mabla Ram Naik Age: 42 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 441 (Sl.No.305) |
| 41 | Sri. Rama Narayan Marathi Age: 60 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shavanalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 445 (Sl.No.309) |
| 42 | Smt.Gouri W/o. Yanku Marathi |
| Age: 65 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shavanalli |
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Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 473 (Sl.No.333) 43 Smt. Devamma W/o. Narayana Pujari Age: 60 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 481 (Sl.No.340) 44 Sri. Tukaram Rama Naik Age: 56 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 500 (Sl.No.355) 45 Sri. Subbu Lingu Marathi Age: 55 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 551 (Sl.No.391) 46 Sri. Chandr Lingu Marathi Age: 53 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 552 (Sl.No.392) 47 Sri. Chandra Guthayya Gouda Age: 44 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Balekoppa Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 559 (Sl.No.398)
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48 Sri.Narayan Mancha Naik Age: 39 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 581 (Sl.No.416) 49 Sri.Purush Chelu Marathi Age: 54 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o.Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 587 (Sl.No.421) 50 Sri.Yanka Gidda Marathi Age: 65 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o.Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 595 (Sl.No.427) 51 Sri.Ashok Rama Naik Age: 37 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o.Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 611 (Sl.No.438) 52 Smt.Lakshmi W/o. Rama Naik Age: 63 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o.Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 623 (Sl.No.448) 53 Sri. Govind Dhakalu Gouda Age: 74 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod
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Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 644 (Sl.No.462)
54 Sri. Manohar Lakshman Gouda Age: 40Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 671 (Sl.No.482) 55 Smt. Girija W/o. Subbayya Naik Age: 46 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 695 (Sl.No.499) 56 Smt. Beravva Chandra Naik Age: 59 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 725 (Sl.No.520) 57 Smt. Lakshmi Subbu Gouda Age: 68 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Hosthuta Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 743 (Sl.No.530) 58 Sri. Mahalinga Sullaya Pujari Age: 54 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 744 (Sl.No.531)
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59 Sri. Seetaram Sullaya Pujari Age: 60 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 745 (Sl.No.532) 60 Sri. Sreenavas Sullaya Pujari Age: 58 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 747 (Sl.No.534) 61 Smt.Seetha W/o. Dattatraya Bhagwat Age: 73 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 757 (Sl.No.539) 62 Smt.Bhagirathi Hanumanth Marathi Age: 65 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 767 (Sl.No.546) 63 Sri. Rajesh Narayan Pujar Age: 36 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 772 (Sl.No.550) 64 Sri. Gopi W/o. Somu Marathi Age: 68 Years, Occ: Agriculture
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R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 790 (Sl.No.565)
65 Sri. Ramachandra Krishna Bhat Age: 41 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 798 (Sl.No.569) 66 Smt.Lakshmi W/o. Harihar Marathi Age: 42 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 802 (Sl.No.573) 67 Sri. Parameshwar Lakshman Marathi Age: 53 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 805 (Sl.No.575) 68 Sri. Nagendra Dhanu Gouda Age: 45 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 826 (Sl.No.587) 69 Sri.Anant Govind gouda Age: 36 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 866 (Sl.No.612)
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| 70 | Sri. Ramachandra Kanoji Marathi |
|---|---|
| Age: 38 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 867 (Sl.No.613) |
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| 71 | Smt. Rathna. Madev Marathi Age: 69 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 869 (Sl.No.615) |
| 72 | Sri. Dattatrya.Lingu Marathi Age: 41 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 883 (Sl.No.623) |
| 73 | Sri. Ramachandra Ganapati Naik Age: 47 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanavalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada |
| Share: 935 (Sl.No.661) | |
| 74 | Sri.Somu Nagya Gouda Age: 44 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 942 (Sl.No.667) |
| 75 | Sri. Devu Nagya Gouda |
| Age: 47 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi |
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Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 943 (Sl.No.668)
76 Sri.Vittu Nagya Gouda Age: 46 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 944 (Sl.No.669) 77 Sri.Ranga Ishwar Naik Age: 35 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 955 (Sl.No.679) 78 Smt. Savithri Ganapati Hegde Age: 57 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 960 (Sl.No.681) 79 Smt.Mahalakshmi Ganapati Bhat Age: 55 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 961 (Sl.No.682) 80 Sri.Antu Parameshwar Gouda Age: 50 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 972 (Sl.No.688)
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81 Sri.Shripati Fakkirappa Naik Age: 44 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedsagaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 986 (Sl.No.702) 82 Sri.Krishna Parusharam Gouda Age: 47 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 1007 (Sl.No.716) 83 Smt. Leelavati Devandra Naik Age: 50 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 1010 (Sl.No.719) 84 Smt. Shanta Bhaskar Naik Age: 45 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 1046 (Sl.No.750) 85 Sri.Mahesh Gopal Marathi Age: 28 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Shanvalli Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 1329 (Sl.No.782) 86 Sri.Chalappa SomaNaik Age: 68 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod
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Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 145 (Sl.No.72)
87 Sri.Shivu Yallu Marathi Age: 46 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Ummachagi Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 237 (Sl.No.147) 88 Sri.Ramachandra Narayan Hegde Age: 64 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 215 (Sl.No.127) 89 Sri.Gopalkrishna Shantu Naik Age: 47 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 301 (Sl.No.201) 90 Smt. Parvati M Pujari Age: 46 Years, Occ: Agriculture R/o. Bedasgaon Tq: Mundgod Dist: Uttara Kannada Share: 508 (Sl.No.361) Note: The petitioners have not claiming any benefits under Senior Citizen benefits
(By Sri.S.V.Yaji, Advocate)
…Petitioners
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AND:
…RESPONDENTS (By Smt : Veena Hegde, AGA for R1 and Sri. Hemanthkumar L Havargi, Adv. For R2,R3 & R5)
These writ petitions are filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a
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writ in the nature of certiorari or any other writ or order in the like nature quashing the impugned list of eligible voter members of Bedasgaon Group Gramagala Seva Sahakari Sangh Niyamit Bedasgaon Tq:Mundgod by the 4th respondent herein and produced at Annexure-C as the same being totally arbitrary illegal and not sustainable in law and etc.
These writ petitions are coming on for preliminary hearing this day, the court made the following:
ORDER
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Additional Government Advocate and Sri.Hemanthkumar L Havargi, learned counsel for respondents No.2, 3 and 5.
Learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a memo dated 27.01.2020 which reads as follows:
“The petitioners have approached this Hon’ble Court seeking the relief of certiorari to quash amendment to the Karnataka Cooperatives Societies Act. The election to the respondent-Society is over and they have not contested election. The elders have advised to withdraw these petitions for better understanding and co-operation. Hence, these petitions may kindly be dismissed as
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withdrawn in the interest of justice and equity.”
In the above memo, learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners would not press prayer No.3, challenge to Section 2(a-iv)(a-v) of Section 20 to the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 by Act No.3 of 2013 ultra vires the Constitution of India and prays for permission to withdraw the writ petitions.
The said submission is placed on record.
The writ petitions are dismissed as withdrawn.
Sd/JUDGE
mpk/-*
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the writ petitions challenging the voter member list of the co-operative society should be decided on merits.
Whether the petitioners have a right to withdraw the writ petitions in the interest of justice and equity.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
W.P.NOS.118147-118236 OF 2020
The State of Karnataka
Bedasgaon Group Gramagala Seva Sahakari Sangh Niyamit Bedasagaon
Karnataka State Election Commission
S.G. PANDIT
As recorded by the court registry
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