JUDGMENT :

Anu Sivaraman, J.

1. These appeals arise from a common judgment dated 15.6.2023 of a learned single Judge in a batch of 10 writ petitions arising in connection with the election to the Managing Committee of the Thiruvananthapuram Regional Milk Producers Union, which is a central society registered under the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act and Rules. An earlier common judgment allowing W.P.(C).Nos.1673 & 1679 of 2023 dated 10.04.2023 is also under challenge.

2. The election to the Managing Committee of the Thiruvananthapuram Regional Milk Producers Union, a Central society, was notified to be held on 09.04.2022. The preliminary voters’ list was published on 05.03.2022. Objections were to be submitted on or before 11.03.2022 and to be considered on 14.03.2022. It is contended that out of the 978 societies included in the preliminary voters’ list, 58 societies were under the administration of an administrator/administrative committee and 23 member societies were admitted/affiliated by the Administrator/Administrative Committee. The petitioners contended that the 58 member societies which were under the administration of an Administrator/Administrative Committee were ineligibl