JUDGMENT:- Both the petitions involve a common question of law and as such, are decided together.

2. The petitioners are the registered Co-operative Societies registered under the Mabarashtra Co-operative Societies Act 1960. The petitioners in Writ Petition No. 5711/2011 were registered on 31.05.2011 and 09.06.2011, whereas the petitioners'/society in Writ Petition No. 5910/2011 were registered on 06.06.2011.

3. The respondent No. 3 published a notification on or about 01st July, 2011 declaring the election programme for finalization of voters list for the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Sbrigonda, Dist. Abmednagar under the provisions of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulations) Act 1963 (hereinafter referred as the "Act of 1963" for the sake of brevity). The voters list was published on 02nd July, 2011. The last date for raising objection was 18.07.2011. The final voters list is to be published on 08th August, 2011. As per the said programme, on 02nd July/, 2011 the voters list pertaining to the Co-operative Societies Constituency came to be published. The names of the petitioner society its members of the managing committee did not appear

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