JUDGMENT - DHABE H.W., J.:---The petitioner who is the Chairman of Katol Taluka Sahakari Kharedi Vikri Samiti Limited, Katol, which is a marketing Society, i.e. a Society dealing in marketing of agricultural produce within the area of operation of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Katol (for short “A. P. M. C. Katol”), has challenged in this writ petition the orders of the Sub Divisional Officer, Katol, dated 18-10-1993 and 26-10-1993 rejecting the respective objections raised by him to the inclusion of the names of the Chairman of the respondents 4 and 5 Co-operative Societies in the voter's list prepared by him for the purpose of election as provided in Clause (c) of section 13(1) of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963 (for short “the A.P.M.C. Act”). He has thus challenged the election programme announced by the Returning Officer A.P.M.C. Katol i.e. the respondent No. 2 on 28-10-1993 for the election from the above constituency under section 13(1)(c) of the A.P.M.C. Act.

2. The facts briefly are that when the elections for the A.P.M.C., Katol, were due the Sub-Divisional Officer, Katol, i.e. the respondent No. 1 prepared voters' list for

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