Muralidhar v. the State of Karnataka
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High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; single judge: Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. Nataraj (oral order, signed Sd/(R. NATARAJ) JUDGE); WRIT PETITION NO. 24369 OF 2022 (GM-KSR); decision date 17 September 2025. Petitioners: Muralidhar s/o. Hanumanthu (President) and Suneel Kumar M s/o. P. Manjunath (Secretary) of Hassan District Consulting Civil Engineers and Architects Association (R); counsel Sri. Narendra Gowda. Respondents: State of Karnataka (Dept. of Co-operation), Additional Secretary-3, Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies Hassan District (counsel Sri. Srinivas Kumar, High Court Government Pleader), and the Association itself represented by its Administrator, Co-operative Development Officer, Holenarasipura Taluk (notice served). Subject: challenge to Government Order No.SA E 72 CSR 2022 dated 24.11.2022 (Annexure-A). Result: writ petition dismissed as infructuous (administrator's term ended, no extension by State Government); I.A.No.1/2023 rejected. Statutory references: Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India; Society Act, 1960. No precedents cited; no quantum involved.