M. P. CHINNAPPA, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner is challenging the validity of Section 11 (1) (ix) of the karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1966 (for short, 'the Act') to the extent of providing voting right to members nominated under this section.

( 2 ) HEARD Sri KM. Nataraj, the learned Counsel for the petitioner; Sri b. H. Satish, High Court Government Pleader for respondent 1 and Sri b. G. Sridharan, Advocate for respondent 2.

( 3 ) THE brief facts which are necessary to dispose of this petition are as follows: the Act was promulgated with the object of providing better facilities to the agriculturists by regulating, establishing and administering the markets for agricultural produces and the matters connected therein in the State of Karnataka. The election to the respondent 2-Committee was held on 21-3-2001 to constitute a Committee under Section 11 of the Act. According to Section 11, eleven members will have to be elected from the agriculturists' constituency and one member each shall be elected from the traders constituency, representative of Co-operative Marketing Society, representative of Co-operative Processing Societies and one officer who is not below

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