Writ Petition No. 11684 of 2025 · The High Court
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- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF MAY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 11684 OF 2025 (CS-EL/M) BETWEEN: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. VENKATACHALAPATHY J T S/O. J THAMMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 72 YRS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4383/2467. KODANDAN A S/O LATE ARUMUGAM AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 4577/2166 JAYARAM REDDY S/O. GURUVA REDDY AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 4911/1297 D VENKATESH S/O. DORAISWAMY AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 4952/2527 BENGALURU-560020 M C LAKSHMANAGOWDA S/O. M G CHANNARAMEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 4278/2512 6. LINGANNA N K S/O. KEMPE GOWDA Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 7. 8. 9. AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 4390/214 NARAYANASWAMY M S/O. MUNIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11951/1093 A SHAMANNA REDDY S/O. VENKATASWAMY AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 4844/1044 NARAYANA M S/O. A MARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5182/1319 10. VADIVELU S/O. K SUBRAMANYA ACHAR AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5222/768 11. SATHYADAS T S/O THAMBIDORAI AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5346/1166 12. SHANMUKHA H S/O. K CHINNAPPA AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5388/1465 13. GOPALAKRISHNAIAH R S/O.RAMACHANDRAIAH AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5541/2415 - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 14. A G NANJUNDAIAH S/O. GANGAIAH AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5315/1183 15. NARAYANAPPA C S/O LATE CHINNAPPA AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5393/1695 16. VIJAY REDDY M S/O MUNISWAMY REDDY AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5509/2522 17. R KUMARESHAN S/O RANGANATHAN AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5545/2515 18. REVANASIDDAIAH B S/O. SHIVALINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5851/428 19. MUNISWAMY V S/O. VATTAPPA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 5907/2521 20. KRISHNA S S/O. SURYANARAYANA. AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6100/1337 - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 21. KEMPAIAH T S/O. THIMMAIAH AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6519/1175 22. VEDAMURTHY S/O. HONNAGIRIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6240/559 23. BASAVARAJAIAH D S S/O. SIDDDAPPA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6316/572 24. NANJAJAH N S/O. NARASAIAH AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6351/402 25. R CHIDANANDA S/O. RUDRARADHYA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6391/639 26. GIRIYAPPA S/O. MELAGIRIYAIAH AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6051/405 27. SADHAKSHARI H V S/O. VEERABHADRAIAH SASTRY AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. - 5 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 28. BASAVARAJ S/O.MALLAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO 6266/874 29. NAGARAJ S B S/O.S B BANAPPA AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6372/2080 30. NARAYANA S/O. YELLAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6417/1716 31. MAHARUDRAPPA A S/O. A SWAGEERAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6622/647 32. 33. JAMES C S/O. CHARLES AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6686/2374 J JOHN DAVID S/O. LATE JOHNSON AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO.6490/2472 34. MOHAN KUMAR D B S/O. BHOJA RAJU AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6524/2523 - 6 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 35. SHARATH KUMAR S/O. P KALINGARNO AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6542/119 36. SEENAPPA S/O. DASAPPA. AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6603/659 37. B N MAHADEV S/O. NARASIMHAIAH AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6613/2106 38. MANJUNATH H S S/O.B SUBRAMANYAN AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6620/2287 39. BYRAPPA S/O, NANJUDUAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6721/377 40. SHANKARANANDA S/O.NARAYANA RAO S AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6828/1687 41. KEMPANNA P S/O. LATE PUTTASWAMY AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6990/2385 - 7 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 42. BYRAPPA R S/O. LATE A M RAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7048/1123 43. ANNAJIAH S/O. VEERABHADRA SETTY AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6784/957 44. C G NARASAPPA, S/O. LATE. GANGAPPAS AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6803/349 45. GANGADHARA RAO KALE S/O. VITTAL RAO AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6905/273 46. SANDHYAKUMAR H S/O. YESWANTHA RAO AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7001/1169 47. DIWAKARA SHENOY S/O. AMATHA SHENOY AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7022/1674 48. KENCHAIAH R S/O. K RANGAIAH AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7039/200. - 8 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 49. UNNIKRISHNAN T P S/O. K K NAIR AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7055/1732 50. BENNUR Y K S/O. KALLAPPA, AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7073/1134 51. VINCENT P S/O. PONNUSWAMY AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7198/899 52. HARISH SHETTIGAR S/O. JANARDHAN SHETTIGAR AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7209/1455 53. SANTHOSH KUMAR S/O. LATE M MUNISWAMY AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7259/2525 54. M K VIJAYAN S/O. M C KELA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7294/1295 55. MUNIRATHNA P S/O. PONNURAJ AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7358/2528 - 9 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 56. MOHAMMED ISSAC S/. AMIR AHMED AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 7379/772
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57. SRINIVASA RAO A R S/O. A S RAMADAS AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7252/1715 58. B K GANGARANGAIAH S/O. LATE KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7357/2516. 59. J SHIVANNA S/O. LATE JAVAREGOWDA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7422/2520 60. VENKATACHALAIAH T S/O. K S THIPPAIAH AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7444/1070 61. DENIS D’SOUZA S/O. PHILIP D’SOUZA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7504/2254 62. M KESHAVA REDDY S/O. LATE MUNISWAMY AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7510/1048 - 10 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 63. CHANDRASHEKARAIAH SETTY S/O. C PAPPAIAH SETTY. AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7677/454 64. S V NAGARAJA S/O. VEERANNA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7430/2513 65. A G RAGHUNATH S/O. GAJARAJAN AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7460/840 66. RAMACHANDRA N S/O. NARAYANA RAJU AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7509/460 67. POOJAPPA S/O. BALAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 7547/1723 68. NARAYANA MURTHY M S/O. P M MUNINANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7554/993 69. VENKATAIAH B S/O. BETTAPPA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7587/1096 - 11 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 70. T N SHANTHA MURTHY S/O. T S NANJUNDAIAH AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7735/566 71. RAMADAS RAO . S/O. DEVAPPAIAH AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7746/2529 72. CHENGAPPA G S/O. GANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO, 7778/1899 73. SHANKAR RATHOD S/O. ROOP SINGH AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7951/2514 74. NAYAKA K V S/O.VAGHU AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7998/ 1539 75. MAKMUL AHMED S/O.PEERSAB AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8032/666 76. BABU SAMUEL S/O. BALACHANDRA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO.7771/973 - 12 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 77. H V GOPAL REDDY S/O. VENKATAPPA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7783/318 78. VINCENT S/O.ANTHONY DAS AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7964/1492 79. MUNIKRISHNA N S/O. NAGAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7997/2376. 80. K V NARAYANAPPA S/O,VENKATARAMANAPP AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8052/2532 81. VENKATESH B M S/O, MUNIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8064/2524 82. NARAYANAPPA T S/O.THIPPESWAMY AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8114/1643 83. P GOVINDARAJU S/O. B M PEDDANNA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 8192/1060 - 13 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 84. YELLAPPA REDDY S/O. RAMAIAH REDDY. AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8295/689 85. R SRINIVASA REDDY S/O RAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8091/1361 86. DILIP CHANDRAKUMAR S/O. SUNANDARAJ AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8103/47 87. RAFIQ REHAMAN S/O . K AHAMATHULLA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8129/1310 88. MOHAN V M S/O. MADAVA ACHARI AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8181/754 89. PUTTEGOWDA H S/O.LATE HONNAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8193/616 90. KUMBI NARASAIAH S/O. LATE VENKATAIAH AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8273/1669 - 14 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 91. UMAPATHY S S/O SANJEEVA MUDALIAR. AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8326/2285 92. THARANATH J B S/O. J BASAVARAJAPPA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8338/2284 93. THYAGAPPA S/O. VENKATASWAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11272/2056 94. POONACHA S/O. KUSHALAPPA AGED ABOUT 65.YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11395/1988 95. DODDARANGAIAH S/O.MUDDAIAH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11498/528 96. VENKATESH MURTHY P L S/O P LINGAIAH AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11543/174 97. DANASHEKAR S/O. CHINNASWAMY AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11038/2530 - 15 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 98. CHELUVAIAH C S/O.RANGASWAMY AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11099/2193 99. VENKATASWAMY S/O. PULLAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO.11374/2382 100. RAVINDRA G S S/O.GURAPPA REDDY AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11419/2384 101. SHANKAR N S/O. NARASIMHA MURTHY AGED ABOUT 60 YRS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11548/ 2392 102. SHIVARAM SUTAVE S/O. CHANDER RAO AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11792/280 103. SUBBANNA V S/O. LATE VASANTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11822/1769 104. NARAYANASWAMY M S/O. MUNIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11951/1093 - 16 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 105. VIJAYAKUMAR R S/O.V RAMAKRISHNA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11575/1419 106. SRIRAMULU B H S/O.B HANUMAIAH AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11630/319 107. RAMANNA T S/O.THIMMAIAH AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11647/1193 108. VITTAL RAO S/O. PANDU RAO AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11758/1498 109. SOMASHEKAR RAVOOR S/O. CHANDER RAO AGED ABOUT 70. YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11817/1925 110. KRISHNAMURTHY M S/O MUNINANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11869/4 111. RAVINDRA KUMAR S S/O SHAMMAIAH AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11988/685 - 17 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 112. RAGHAVAN B V S/O. V VENKATAPATHY AGED ABOUT 70 YRS MEMBERSHIP NO. 12162/1840 113. D VENKATESH S/O. DORAISWAMY AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 4952/2527 114. VENKATESH A V S/O. VENKATSUBBAIAH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12391/2368 115. CHINNAPPA M R S/O. RANGAIAH AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12474/2110 116. RAJKUMAR G SINDAGI S/O.GAVISIDDAPPA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12583/2533 117. KUMAR T L S S/O. T S LAKSHMINARAYANA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12111/1216 118. BHASKARAN T B S/O BRAHMANATHAN T R AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12138/1990 - 18 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 119. N MUNIKRISHNA S/O. NARASIMHA REDDY. AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12393/2291 120. B YUVARAJ S/O.K RANGASWAMY AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12586/ 1930 121. BOREGOWDA L C S/O. CHIKKANARASEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 1482/1621 122. R CHIKKANNA S/O. J THAMMAIAH AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 1787/2467 123. S PARAMESHWARAPPA S/O. SHIVABASAPPA AGED ABOUT 78 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 1869/301 124. A S NARAYANA REDDY, S/O. SHANKAR REDDY AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2131/1330 125. V P MUNISWAMAIAH S/O. PILLAPPA AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2383/329 - 19 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 126. KRISHNAPPA T S/O. THIMMAPPA AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 1661/2058 127. B H LOKESHWARAPPA S/O. HANUMANTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2323/2478 128. NARAPPA REDDY S/O. LATE C C VENKATA REDDY AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2459/1199. 129. NARASIMHA MURTHY S/O. KRISHSNAPPA AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2553/2328 130. BASAVARAJU S/O. VEERAPPA, AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2187/50 131. PRANESH S/O. SANJEEVA RAO AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2856/536 132. NARASIMHAIAH K S/O. KYATHEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 81 YRS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 3086/876 - 20 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 133. KODANDARAMA REDDY S/O. LATE KRISHNAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11924/690 134. NAGARAJ N S/O. NANJAMARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 2701/1619 135. NARENDRA BABU E S/O. MAHENDRA BABU AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11047/2142. 136. PILLA REDDY S/O. PAPAIAH AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 11484/1866. 137. SURYANARAYANA H R S/O. H RAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 3589/878 138. B V VENKATESHAIAH S/O. B R VENKATANARAYANAPPA AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 3837/580. 139. NAGARAJ K T S/O.K N THIMMEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6538/2083. - 21 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 140. VENKATESH.T.N S/O LATE T. NARASIMHAIAH AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7160/966. 141. S MANOHARAN S/O. NATESHAN AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11435/2511 142. S MALLESHAIAH S/O. SIDDAIAH AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6239/145 143. ANANTHARAM K S/O. KRISHNOJI RAO. AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6522/578 144. BORLINGE GOWDA H B S/O. BYRANNA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO.. 6802/409 145. VENKATESH M S/O. P MUTHAIAH AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 6899/706 146. NARASIMHAIAH H S/O. NARASIMHAIAH AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7359/252 - 22 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 147. S VIJAYAKUMAR S/O. SURYA KUMAR AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS MEMBERSHIP NO. 7186/2444 148. MUNISWAMY R S/O.RAMACHANDRAPPA AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7403/1471 149. DODDAIAH B S/O. LATE BEERAPPA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7406/2517 150. KUMBINARASAIAH S/O. LATE UGRAIAH AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7433/1318 151. HANUMANTHAPPA R S/O. RAMAPPA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7485/1240. 152. VENUGOPALACHARI M S/O. MUNIACHAR AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7691/74 153. DOMIL SATISH REDDY S S/O. SANAULLA S AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 7811/2436 - 23 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 154. SATHYANARAYANA N S/O. LATE NARASIMHAIAH AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 8341/967 155. VENKATESHAMURTHY K S S/O. K S SRINIVASA MURTHY AGED ABOUT 59 YRS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 11660/1679 156. R N BASAVARAJA S/O. R CHANNAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12241/721 157. SINGE GOWDA S/O LATE. SINGAIAH AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS. MEMBERSHIP NO. 12574/675 ALL PETITIONERS ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE: NGEF EMPLOYEES & EX-EMPLOYEES HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD, NO.215, 1ST FLOOR, LINK ROAD, SHESHADRIPURAM, BENGALURU - 560 020. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. GIRISH J, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATION M.S.BUILDING, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU - 560001. REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY. - 24 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 2. THE STATE CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY, 3RD FLOOR, T.T.M.C. ‘A’ BLOCK, SHANTHI NAGAR, BANGALORE-560 027, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 3. DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES/DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER, 1ST FLOOR, ALI ASKER ROAD, BENGALURU-560052 4. RETURNING OFFICER, NGEF EMPLOYEES & EX-EMPLOYEES HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD, NO.215, 1ST FLOOR, LINK ROAD, SHESHADRIPURAM, BENGALURU-560020 5. NGEF EMPLOYEES & EX-EMPLOYEES HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD, NO.215, 1ST FLOOR, LINK ROAD, SHESHADRIPURAM, BENGALURU-560020 REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (RESPONDENT NO.4 AND 5 ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE KARNATAKA COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT-1959) …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.YOGESH D.NAIK., AGA FOR R1, 3 & 4; SRI.T.L.KIRAN KUMAR., ADVOCATE FOR R2; SRI.DEVIPRASAD SHETTY., ADVOCATE FOR R5) THIS WP IS FILED PRAYING TO-DIRECT THE R-2 TO 5 TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE PETITIONERS IN THE ELIGIBLE - 25 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 VOTERS LIST AND PERMIT THE PETITIONERS TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN THE ELECTIONS TO THE R-5 WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 30.04.2025 AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ 1. This Court by way of various interim orders had ORAL ORDER permitted the petitioners who were declared to be ineligible voters to cast their vote in the elections of the Society, subject to the result of the writ petition and that the votes cast by the petitioners shall be kept in separate ballot boxes. 2. A Coordinate Bench of this Court in the case of H.S.Raju vs. State of Karnataka & others1 has after considering the matter in detail come to a categorical conclusion that any irregularity in the conduct of election a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India would not be the proper remedy any dispute as regards the eligibility or ineligibility and the deficiencies in finalization of final electoral 1 W.P.No.8502/2022 dated 7.6.2022 - 26 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 list, could only be considered in a dispute raised as regard the election under Section 70 (2) of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 after the announcement of the results by counting even the votes cast by the petitioners. 3. The said judgment not having been challenged and having attained finality, the fact being more or less similar would equally apply to the present matter. 4. In that view of the matter, I pass the following: i. ii.
Decision
ORDER The Writ Petition is disposed of. The Returning Officer is directed to announce the result within seven days of the receipt of a copy of this order by taking into account the votes cast by the petitioners in the above matter. iii. In the event of any proceeding being filed in relation to the results of the election under - 27 - NC: 2025:KHC:18087 WP No. 11684 of 2025 Section 70 (2) of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959, all the contentions raised herein and any that may be raised are left open for consideration in accordance with the applicable law, this court has not expressed any opinion on those issues. iv. The votes cast by the respective petitioners which had been directed to be kept in separate box shall continue to be retained in a separate box until the disposal of the dispute if any raised within the timeframe prescribed. SD/- (SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE BNV ct-bh/List No.: 1 Sl No.: 11