Banavathi Multipurpose Primary Rural Agricultural Co. Operative Society Ltd. v. the State of Karnataka
Co-operative election – Eligible voters list
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:52045; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; WP No. 36815 of 2025 (CS-EL/M); decided 09/12/2025 by Mrs. Justice M G Uma. Petitioner: Banavathi Multipurpose Primary Rural Agricultural Co Operative Society Ltd. (Doddaballapura Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District). Respondents: State of Karnataka (Department of Co Operation), State Co Operative Election Authority, Deputy Commissioner/District Election Officer Bangalore Urban District, Returning Officer for Bengaluru District Central Co Operative Bank Limited No. 2, and the Bank itself. Petition under Articles 226 and 227 sought inclusion of the petitioner society's name in the eligible voters list for the Bank's election scheduled 07/12/2025. Counsel filed a memo to withdraw the petition as infructuous; writ petition dismissed as infructuous. No issue adjudicated on merits; no precedents cited or discussed.
What did the court decide?
On the memo filed by learned counsel for the petitioner seeking permission to withdraw the petition as it had become infructuous, the writ petition is dismissed as having rendered infructuous.