JUDGMENT :

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally.

2. By way of present Writ Petition, the petitioners are challenging the impugned order dated 10.03.2023 passed by the respondent no. 2 – Taluka Returning Officer & Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Society, Mukhed, deleting the names of the petitioners from the provisional voters list for being defaulters under Section 73 (CA) (1), 75 (2) and 27 (10) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 [for short ‘the Act of 1960’].

3. The elections to the respondent no. 4 – Vivid Karyakari Seva Sahakari Sanstha, Betmogra was due. The election programme for preparation of the voters list was published on 23.01.2023 for the term of 5 years i.e. 2023 to 2028. As per the scheduled programme, the provisional voters list was published on 24.01.2023. The objections to the provisional voters list were invited from 24.01.2023 to 02.02.2023. Hearing on the same was fixed from 02.02.2023 to 08.02.2023. The last date for withdrawal of nomination is on 10th April, 2023 and 16th April, 2023 is the date for polls. The names of the petitioners were in the provisional voters list and the objections were raised against the petitioner