JUDGMENT :

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

2. By the present Writ Petition, the petitioner is challenging the impugned order dated 28.02.2023 passed by the respondent no.1 – Returning Officer, Mahavir Nagari Sahakari Patsanstha Maryadit, Chopda, Taluka Chopda, District Jalgaon, rejecting the objections of the petitioner and accepting the nomination of the respondent no.3 Shantilal Tarachand Bothra for the election to the Cooperative Society, respondent no.2 – Mahavir Nagari Sahakari Patsanstha Maryadit Chopda, Taluka Chopda, District Jalgaon [for short ‘society’].

Brief facts leading to filing the present Writ Petition is as under:

3. The elections of the respondent no.2 - Mahavir Nagari Sahakari Patsanstha Maryadit Chopda was due, as such, the election authority declared election of the said society for the period of 2022 to 2027. The primary voters list came to be published on 04.01.2023. As per the election programme, the nomination came to be accepted from 20.02.2023 to 24.02.2023. The scrutiny of the nomination was from 27.02.2023 and the list of nominated candidate is published on 28.02.2023. The last date of withdrawal of nomination is from 28.02.2023