Shreyas House Building Co-Operative Society Limited v. the State of Karnataka
Writ Petition (CS-EL/M) – Co-operative society election – Voter list
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2026:KHC:1888 | HC-KAR | WP No. 36470 of 2025 (CS-EL/M), decided 12.01.2026 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok S. Kinagi, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru. Petitioner: Shreyas House Building Co-operative Society Limited (by Sri. Sharath S Gowda). Respondents: State of Karnataka Dept. of Co-operation; Deputy Commissioner and Election Officer, Federation of Co-operative Societies; State Co-operative Election Authority; Bangalore District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd.; Returning Officer (Yogesh D Naik AGA for R1, R2, R5; A Devaraj for R3; Nataraj Baba for C/R4). Petition under Articles 226/227 for mandamus to include petitioner in final eligible voter list for bank elections dated 07.12.2025; dismissed as infructuous on counsel's memo. Keywords: co-operative election, eligible voter list, mandamus, infructuous, Karnataka High Court.
What did the court decide?
On the learned counsel for the petitioner's memo stating that the petition had become infructuous, the Court placed the memo on record and dismissed the writ petition as having become infructuous.