Petitioners sought direction to the State Co-operative Election Commission to conduct a casual vacancy election. Court held the election was already conducted, rendering the writ infructuous, and disposed of the petition.
The writ petition stands disposed of as having become infructuous.
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NC: 2023:KHC:30454 WP No. 1170 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2023
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 1170 OF 2022 (CS-EL/M)
BETWEEN:
S/O LATE DHANANJAYA, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, NO. 313, 6TH CROSS, NEW KAVIKA LAYOUT, BAPUJINAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 026.
Digitally signed by JUANITA THEJESWINI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
S/O LATE SRINIVASAN, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, F-01, 1ST FLOOR, SRI RAMA PRIDE, ANNASANDRA PALYA, VIMNAPURA POST HAL, BANGALORE - 560 017.
(BY SRI. RAKESH B BHATT.,ADVOCATE)
…PETITIONERS
AND:
BANGALORE - 27, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY.
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…RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI. T. L. KIRAN KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R1; SRI. SIDHARTH BABURAO, AGA FOR R2; SRI. RAGHAVENDRA V, ADVOCATE FOR R3)
THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R1 TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION AND FILL UP THE CASUAL VACANCY WHICH AROSE DUE TO DEATH OF SHRI NARASIMHA MURTHY BY CONSIDERING THE REPRESENTATION GIVEN BY THE PETITIONERS DATED 20.07.2021 TO THE R1 ANNEXURE-B AND ETC.,
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
R.DEVDAS J., (ORAL):
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
prayer made in the writ petition has become infructuous. In view of the fact that the elections were conducted to the Board
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of Society. In that view of the matter, it is submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of as having become infructuous.
Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of as having become infrucutous.
Sd/JUDGE
rv
CT: BHK
D KRISHNA
MURALI MOHAN
THE STATE CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION COMMISSION
R.DEVDAS
As recorded by the court registry
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