CYRIAC JOSEPH C. J.

( 1 ) THE appellant is the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 2029/2006 which was dismissed by the learned single Judge as per the impugned order dated 13. 2. 2006. The respondents are the respondents in the said Writ Petition. The appellant, the 5th respondent and the 6th respondent were candidates in the election of the Member of the committee of Bagalkot District Central Co-operative Union Limited (4th respondent herein) from the constituency of Milk Producers' Cooperative society and Oil Seed Growers' Co-operative Society. In the said election, the 6th respondent M. S. Nalthwad was declared elected as he got 5 votes, the appellant got 2 votes and the 5th respondent did not get any vote. The election of the 6th respondent was challenged by the appellant in an Election Petition filed under section 70 of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act. The Election petition was numbered as 04/2003-04 and was decided by the Deputy registrar of Co-operative Societies, Bagalkot. The main contention raised in the Election petition was that the 6th respondent was disqualified to be elected as a member of the 4th respondent Cooperative union and even though the petitioner had

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