JUDGMENT - V.K. BARDE, J.:---Heard Shri R.N. Dhorde, learned Counsel for petitioner. Leave to delete respondent No. 7 granted.

2. This Letters Patent appeal is arising because of dismissal of Writ Petition No. 3734/1997 in limine by the Hon'ble Single Judge of this Court. The facts giving rise to this litigation in brief are as follows :-

3. The respondent No. 5-Beed District Central Co-operative Bank (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) is the Cooperative Society and is a specified society under section 73-G of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The programme for the election of the director board of the Bank is published by the respondent No. 2-Collector and the respondent No. 3 is appointed as the Returning Officer. The present petitioner is the delegate of the affiliated Co-operative Society of the Bank, namely, Seva Sahakari Society, Rakshas Bhuvan, for the purpose of the election to the director board. As per the bye-laws of the Bank, a delegate nominated by the affiliated society can contest the election and, therefore, the petitioner presented his nomination form before the Returning Officer. The scrutiny of the

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