JUDGMENT :

ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J.

1. By way of the present Writ Petition, the petitioner is challenging the legality and validity of the supplementary final voters list of the traders constituency of APMC, Vasmat, published by respondent no. 4-District Cooperative Election Authority/District Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Hingoli, being contrary to the APMC Act and Rules. The challenge is primarily to the addition of 108 voters to the purported final voters list by the supplementary final voters list, on the submission that there cannot be a multiple final voters list. The Writ Petition also challenges the addition of 108 voters to the provisional voters list, although they were not eligible on the cut off date i.e. 01.09.2022.

2. Brief facts leading to filing of the Writ Petition can be summarized as under:

(i) Respondent no. 3-State Cooperative Election Commission declared the election programme for preparation of the electoral roll and election of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Vasmat, District Hingoli on 05.09.2022. As per the said programme, the provisional