Sri Kamasamudra Vyavasaya Seva Sahakara Sangha Ltd. v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court Division Bench disposed a writ appeal as academic where the appellant cooperative society's challenge to appointment of an administrator under Section 28A(5) Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 had been rejected by the Single Judge, but elections to the governing body were subsequently conducted. Keywords: administrator appointment; Section 28A(5) KCS Act 1959; co-operative society elections; appeal become academic/moot; memo for disposal; WA No. 750 of 2025; W.P. No.20877/2024; Kolar and Chikkaballapura District Co-operative Bank; Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies; Karnataka High Court Act Section 4; no costs, no quantum.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of as it had become academic (elections of the governing body having been conducted); pending I.As., if any, stand disposed of. The Single Judge's order was not set aside and no adjudication on the validity of the administrator's appointment is recorded in the judgment.