ORDER :

The petitioners are before this Court calling in question order dated 08-07-2022 passed by the 2nd respondent/Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies and District Registrar of Societies (‘the District Registrar’ for short) and have sought several directions by issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus.

2. Heard Sri G.V.Chandrashekar, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners; Smt. Rashmi Patel, learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondents 1 and 2; Sri Pawan Shyam, learned counsel for respondent No.3; Sri K.V. Dhananjay, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.4; Sri Sudarshan Suresh, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.5; Sri Sushanth V.A., learned counsel appearing for respondents 6 to 9, 11 and 12 and Sri E.P. Raghavendra, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.10.

3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the core facts required are as follows:

The 4th respondent is the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (‘Film Chamber’ for short). Elections to the said Film Chamber were to be conducted on 28-05-2022 for the tenure of 2022-23. The 1st petitioner was a contestant to the post of President in the Producers Sector and the 2nd petitione