G. Santhosh v. Chief Election Commissioner
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Bengaluru; High Court of Karnataka; WP No. 8658 of 2023 (GM-RES); writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution; petitioner G. Santhosh (counsel N. Gowtham Raghunath); direction sought to respondent Nos. 1 and 2 (Chief Election Commissioner/Election Commissioner of India; Chief Electoral Officer; counsel S.R. Dodwad) to consider representation dated 12.04.2023 (Annexure-D) lodging a complaint against N. Mahesh Babu, Nodal Officer, Malleshwaram Assembly Constituency (Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023); other respondents: District Election Officer (DEO) BBMP (counsel B.L. Sanjeev) and Ministry of Home Affairs (counsel S. Rajasekar); respondents' memo dated 18.04.2023 recorded M.S.N. Babu as elected MCC Nodal Officer; Court found no necessity for the direction; writ petition dismissed on 19.11.2025 by Justice E.S. Indiresh; neutral citation on face of document NC: 2025:KHC:47690.