Members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions. It goes without saying that the election of the democratic institutions must be conducted within the time frame as specified. It is a common ground between the parties that as per the mandate of the provisions of Section 34 of the Act, the elections of the Executive Committee of any cooperative society has to be conducted by the State Cooperative Election Authority six months prior to the expiry of the term of the existing Executive Committee, on the written request being received from the Chief Executive Officer of the concerned cooperative society. It is not disputed before this court that the Chief Executive Officer of the Samiti has already made a request for conducting the election of the Executive Committee of the Samiti vide communication dated 5.3.14. In this view of the matter, the State Cooperative Election Authority was under an obligation to conduct the election of the Executive Committee of the Samiti adhering to the mandate of the provisions of Section 34 of the Act. In the considered opinion of this court, the election law abhors the vacuum and the election of the cooperative institution cannot be deferred by the State Government for indefinite period in the garb of proposed amendment in the bylaws of the Samiti/Cooperative Societies concerned.
