voting rights have been given to ineligible voters and eligible voters were prevented from casting their votes and therefore the election as well as the outcome of the election are per se invalid. The appellants also relied on the report of Justice A.K. Rajan, who was appointed as Administrator by this Court to conduct the election to the three Synods. According to the appellants, the report indicates that the election was conducted without the conventional credential committee in place and the learned Administrator, who was appointed to over see the election just a few days before the election could do anything to set things right and therefore, it is clear that the election was not conducted in accordance with law. The said submission of the appellants cannot be accepted. Merely because there is no convention credential committee, it cannot be stated that the election conducted is illegal and invalid. Admittedly, there was no protest at the time of election. The main complaint of the appellant was that the persons who were allowed to exercise their voting right have not paid the assessment. In fact, even in the bylaw, what was contemplated was the congregation should not be in default. It was further contemplated that the congregation, which did not contribute to the financial needs of the IELC, shall not be eligible to make nominations. In any event, merely because the convention credential committee was not constituted, it cannot be said that the election conducted was illegal. In any view of the matter, these averments have to be tested only at the time of trial and not while deciding the interim applications.
