P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON, DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN
Mercy George – Appellant
Versus
Kerala State Co-Operative Election Commission – Respondent
Devan Ramachandran, J.
1. In question in this appeal is the rejection of the nomination of the appellant to the elections scheduled to the Managing Committee of the Kalloorkad Farmers Co-operative Bank Ltd., the 4th respondent herein. We force ourselves to be as brief as we can in this judgment for the reason that the elections are stated to be scheduled on 16.12.2017 and the directions, if any, that we propose in this judgment will have to be implemented without delay.
2. First an apercus of the most essential facts as are involved:
The appellant is the writ petitioner in W.P.(C) No.39027 of 2017. This writ petition was filed challenging the rejection of her nomination to the elections to the Managing Committee of the 4th respondent Society and a copy of the said rejection order has been appended to the writ petition as Ext.P2. The reason for rejection, as is discernible from Ext.P2, is that the appellant has been found to be a member of another credit society by name Kumaramangalam Service Cooperative Bank Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Kumaramangalam Society’ for short), which according to the Returning Officer is a disqualification under the provisions of Rule 27
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