The captioned writ petitions are materially connected in respect of the District Rifle Association of Idukki, draft voters list published, amendment to the Kerala Sports Act, 2000, and the consequential action of the Association in removing certain members from the voters list. Therefore, I heard them together and propose to deliver a common judgment. Facts and documents available from W.P.(C) No.16049 of 2017 are relied upon, and the decision taken in the said writ petition will decide the fate of the other two writ petitions.

2. The reliefs sought for in the writ petition are to quash Exts.P5 to P7, which are issued by the District Collector, Idukki, directing the District Rifle Association to draw up a draft voters list in accordance with the amendment made to the Kerala Sports Act, 2000, the action initiated by the District Rifle Association drawing up the list and consequential notice issued to conduct the election on 10.05.2017, on the basis of the list prepared in accordance with the directions issued by the District Collector. Material facts for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows:

3. Petitioners, three in number, are the existing members of the 4th res