Cyriac Joseph, J.

1. The appellant is the petitioner in O.P.No.16199 of 2002 which was dismissed by the learned Single Judge. The respondents herein are the respondents in the said Original Petition.

2. The dispute relates to election to the Managing Committee of the Kumaramputhoor Service Co-operative Bank Limited No.373 (hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”). As per resolution dated 4-4-2002 of the Administrative Committee of the Bank, it was resolved to conduct election to the Managing Committee of the Bank on 9-6-2002. The said resolution was sent to the State Co-operative Election Commission (first respondent) through the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies (General), Palakkad (second respondent). As per Ext.P1 election notification dated 27-04-2002 issued by the first respondent, the election was scheduled to be held on 9-6-2002. The date for filing the nomination papers was 27-5-2002, the date for scrutiny of the nomination papers was 28-5-2002 and the date for withdrawal of the nomination papers was 29-5-2002. The preliminary list of active members eligible to vote in the election was to be published on 13-5-2002 and the objections to the preliminary voters