Chethan Hegde C S v. the State of Karnataka
Co-operative society election – eligible/ineligible voters list
Case brief
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Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; K.S. Hemalekha J.; order dated 11.02.2025; NC: 2025:KHC:6220; WP No. 3195/2025 C/W WP No. 3189/2025 (CS-EL/M); MAMCOS Malenadu Adike Maratada Sahakara Sangha Niyamitha Shivamogga co-operative society election 04.02.2025; exclusion from eligible voters list 2024-25; Rule 13 and Rule 13-D(2-A) Karnataka Co-operative Societies Rules 1960 notice to ineligible members; Rule 14 calendar of events; Articles 226 and 227 writ maintainability; questions of fact to be decided under Section 70(2)(c) Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act 1959; votes directed to be counted and results announced; petitioners' votes in separate sealed box; eligibility kept open; interim order gives no finding on eligibility; effect of excluded votes on final outcome; B. Ganganna ILR 2024 KAR 1901 applied; H.S. Raju 2022 (4) AKR 775 followed; Mohammad Beary and Election Commission of India through Secretary referred within quoted B. Ganganna passages.