JUDGMENT :

ASHUTOSH SHASTRI, J.

1. By way of this Letters Patent Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent Act, the appellants - original petitioners have assailed the order of the learned Single Judge dated 12.04.2022 passed in Special Civil Application No.18140 of 2021.

2. The background of the facts which has given rise to filing of present Letters Patent Appeal is that election of Agriculture Produce Markets Committee, Vankaner (hereinafter referred to as "the APMC, Vankaner) had been notified by Director of APMC on 13.10.2021 in view of Rule 4 of the APMC Rules, 1965. The Director by such declaration has specified the various stages of election programme including the stage of preparation of voters list and casting of votes and declaration of result. Simultaneously, one Mr. J. M. Mehta, Co-operative Officer, Grade-II (Industry) had been appointed as an Authorized Officer who is attached to the office of District Registrar, Co-operative Society, Morbi. By virtue of Rule 7 of the APMC Rules, every co-operative society dispensing agricultural credit in the market area shall communicate the full names of members of its managing committee together with the place of residence of eac