Harish K.V v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court writ petition (CS-EL/M; NC: 2025:KHC:2881) concerning co-operative society election eligibility: 86 members of Holalkere Taluku Primary Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Ltd. (PLD Bank Holalkere), Chitradurga district, sought inclusion in the eligible voters list and the right to contest and vote in the bank's elections scheduled 28/01/2025; petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; at the orders stage counsel filed a withdrawal memo and the petition was dismissed as withdrawn on 23.01.2025 by K.S. Hemalekha, J.; counsel: A.S. Girish (petitioners), Yogesh D. Naik AGA (R-1, R-3, R-4 & R-6), T.L. Kiran Kumar (R-2); statute referenced: Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act-1959.
What did the court decide?
Upon the memo filed by learned counsel for the petitioners praying permission to withdraw the petition, the memo was taken on record and, in view of the memo, the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn.