The Original Petition is to declare that the 3rd respondent is not eligible for being elected or appointed as a member of the Kannambra Co-operative Service Bank Ltd. No. F. 1221 and that the nomination paper submitted by him pursuant to Ext.P1 election notification was liable to be rejected by the first respondent and also for a further declaration that the 2nd petitioner is entitled to be elected unopposed as member of the Board of Directors of Kannambra Co-operative Service Bank Ltd. (hereinafter to be referred as 'the bank') from Kannambra ward. There are also prayers for other reliefs, which are of incidental nature.

2. Petitioners are members of the 2nd respondent Bank. The term of the Board of Directors of the Bank was to expire on 30-6-1990. Therefore, a resolution was passed to conduct the election to constitute a new Board of Directors. Ext.P1 election notification dated 17-5-1990 was issued fixing 17-6-1990 as the date of election to the new Board of Directors. Altogether nine Directors are to be elected out of which one seat is reserved for woman candidates and one reserved for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes. Two seats were reserve