ORDER :

NYAPATHY VIJAY, J.

The present writ petition is filed questioning the action of Respondent No.7 in proposing to conduct elections for the Executive Committee and Chairman of 8^th Respondent-Society without declaring the results for the elections conducted on 20.03.2024 by Respondent No.6 as illegal and arbitrary.

2. Respondent No.8 is a Society registered under the A.P. Societies Registration Act, 2001 by Registration No.42/2010. The Society was registered with an intent to promote breeding and development of all spices and breeds of economically important livestock, and to introduce/promote and adopt appropriate technology for improving all aspects of livestock production and to arrange, organize and undertake all activities relating to and necessary for improving production and productivity. The Society in turn is a Member of A.P. Livestock Agency-Respondent No.2 herein. As per clause 4 of the Rules and Regulations of the Society, the total members of the Society are 33 to be nominated by the District Collector from various associations or societies in the District.

3. The Executive Committee will be elected as per clause 6.3.0 of the bye-laws. It is stated that the term of the previous Committee expired on 05.02.2024, therefore Respondent No.6 was appointed as an Election Officer vide proceedings dated 12.03.2024 for conducting elections to the Executive Committee. It is stated that for conducting elections scheduled on 20.03.2024, the Petitioner gave nomination for the post of Chairman/President and Petitioners 2 to 4 submitted their respective nominations for the posts of Directors/Members.

4. While so, one Lagadapati Venkat Rao filed two writ petitions before this Court i.e. W.P.No.3379 and 6983 of 2024 and an interim order was passed by this Court on 19.03.2024 permitting the Respondents to proceed with the elections, but to withhold the results pending further orders. The writ petitions were dismissed as withdrawn on 20.01.2025, however, the results were not being announced.

5. Subsequently, Respondent No.3 nominated Members to the 8^th Respondent-Society and issued orders dated 09.12.2025 for conducting elections to the Society. Respondent No.7 was appointed as Election Officer on 16.12.2025 for conducting of elections which were scheduled on 05.01.2026. In that context, the present writ petition is filed.

6. In the counter affidavit filed by Respondent No.8, it is stated that as per the Rules and Regulations, 47 Members constitute membership of Respondent No.8-Society and 33 members among them have got voting rights. Out of 33 members, 30 members are nominated by the District Collector and to elect members of the Executive Committee is as envisaged under Rule 4.1.0 read with clauses 6.3.0 and 6.3.1 of the above mentioned Rules. It is stated that the State Government had issued a UO note 2460863/Poll.A/A2/2024-1 dated 07.06.2024, whereunder the concerned Special Chief Secretaries/ Principal Secretaries/ Secretaries to Government were requested to obtain resignation from various nominated posts to Corporations, Boards, Academies and other Autonomous Organizations and report compliance for taking further action.

7. It was in that context, the Executive Officer, DLDA, Guntur in coordination with Joint Director(A.H) Guntur obtained resignations from 22 nominated members out of 28 members (6 members have not submitted their resignations including Petitioner No.1) and the resignations of 22 members were approved by the Collector and Magistrate vide proceedings Proc.Roc.No.324/DAHO/2024 dated 12.09.2024. It is stated that after dismissal of W.P.No.6983 of 2024 on 12.09.2025, there was no judicial order restraining the declaration of results. However, as the very quorum of electorate had resigned, the declaration of election results became impracticable and in the peculiar circumstances, the agencies were sought to be proceeded for election afresh.

8. Heard Sri G.Venkata Reddy, learned counsel for the Petitioners and learned Gov