JUDGMENT :

Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.

This writ application has been preferred for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash and cancel the judgment and order dated 26.10.2018/20.11.2018 passed by Respondent No. 3 in Election Dispute Case No. 323 of 2014 whereby the respondent no. 3 i.e. the Deputy Registrar (Headquarter), Cooperative Societies, Bihar, Patna has set aside the election of the writ petitioner on the ground that there had been overwriting and interpolation in the list of members and the petitioner had failed to produce any clinching evidence in support of his bonafide membership of Dhenuki Primary Agriculture Credit Cooperative Societies (hereinafter referred to as the 'Society' or the 'PACS').

The petitioner also prays for a declaration that in absence of any notification by the State Government in terms of Sub-Section 2 of Section 6 of the Bihar Cooperative Societies Act,1935 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of 1935') authorizing the Respondent No. 3 to discharge the functions of Registrar, the Respondent no. 2 had no jurisdiction to transfer the case for disposal by Respondent no. 3 and if respondent no. 3 has disposed of the election petition by the i