Adi Murthy Rao K., v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Co-operative society election; ineligible voters; omission from final eligible voters list (Annexure-C); writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 seeking mandamus; Article 226 not the proper remedy for election-conduct irregularities; voter eligibility and electoral-roll deficiencies to be agitated only under Section 70(2) of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 after announcement of results; votes of petitioners cast under interim orders kept in separate ballot box and counted in the result; Returning Officer directed to announce result within seven days; all contentions left open; follows/applies Coordinate Bench ruling in H.S. Raju v. State of Karnataka & others, W.P. No. 8502/2022 dated 07.06.2022; Primary Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ltd., Gouribidanuru Taluk; election scheduled 01.02.2025; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; Suraj Govindaraj, J.; order dated 14-03-2025.