Sri Ramesh Moolya v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru; WP No. 3496 of 2025 (CS-EL/M); Mrs Justice K.S. Hemalekha; order dated 20 February 2025. Co-operative society election dispute: Samaja Seva Co-operative Society Limited, Bantwal, Dakshina Kannada; election notice dated 18.01.2025 by Returning Officer (respondent No. 2) and final list of candidates dated 03.02.2025 including respondent Nos. 7 to 16 (Annexures-A and B). Petitioners: Ramesh Moolya and Umesh Kulal; State respondents represented by AGA Yogesh D. Naik. Dismissed as not pressed on counsel's memo citing subsequent developments; memo taken on record. Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution invoked; statute string 'KARNATAKA REGISTRATER CO-OPERATIVE ACT 1968' appears in cause title. No cases cited, no quantum, no substantive ruling.
What did the court decide?
On the petition coming up for orders, learned counsel for the petitioners filed a memo stating that in view of subsequent developments the petitioner does not intend to prosecute the case and praying that the petition be dismissed as not pressed; the Court took the memo on record and, in view of the memo, dismissed the writ petition as not pressed.