JUDGMENT :

The issues involved in all the above Writ Petitions are intrinsically connected, and they are being heard and disposed of together. W.P.(C)No.9793 of 2022 is being treated as the main case for the purpose of convenience, and the facts are narrated on that basis.

WP(C)No.9793 of 2022

RELEVANT FACTS:-

2. The petitioners are Presidents of various Anand Pattern Milk Co-operative Societies (hereinafter referred to as APCOS) under the 4th respondent Central Society. The questions posed in the Writ Petition are (i) whether any member other than a delegate contemplated in Section 28(8) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) can vote in the election to the committee of the 4th respondent Society and (ii) whether societies granted membership/affiliation by the Administrator/

Administrative Committee can vote in the election. The Writ Petition was heard along with several other Writ Petitions relating to the election to the managing committee of the 4th respondent, and all the Writ Petitions are disposed of together.

3. The election to the 4th respondent was notified as per Ext.P1 on 04.03.2022. The election was scheduled to be held on 09.04.2022.