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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 24^TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026

BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM

WRIT PETITION NO. 21059 OF 2025 (GM-KSR)

BETWEEN:

H C RAMAKRISHNA S/O CHAMNOOR BOKKAIAH,

AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, HULIVANA VILLAGE, KERAGODU HOBLI,

HULIVANA POST MANDYA TALUK MANDYA DISTRICT- 571446

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. K.N. NITISH, ADVOCATE FOR

SRI. K V NARASIMHAN.,ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA Digit ally REPRESENTED BY DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATION signed by

M. S BUILDING, BANGALORE-56001 CHAITHRA A BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY Location:

HIGH

2. THE REGISTRAR OF COURT OF SOCIETIES AND DEPUTY REGISTRAR KARNATAKA

OF CO-OPERATIVES SOCIETIES, MANDYA DISTRICT, MANDYA 571401

3. KERAGODU EDUCATION SOCIETY R A SOCIETY REGISTERED UNDER SOCIETY

REGISTRARTION ACT, KERAGODU VILLAGE AND HOBLI,

MANDYA TALUK AND DISTRICT - 571446 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY

…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SMT. AMARAVATHY H.R.,AGA FOR R1 & R2;

SRI. M.S. BHAGWAT, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR ;

SRI. SATISH K, ADVOCATE FOR R3)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE 2^ND RESPONDENT TO DECLARE THE DATE OF ELECTION AND PUBLISH THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION IN RESPECT OF 3^RD RESPONDENT-SOCIETY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER DATED 23.05.2025 BEARING NO.DRY/SANGASAMSTHE/04/2025-26, PRODUCED AT

ANNEXURE-F.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM

ORAL ORDER

The captioned petition is filed seeking the following

reliefs:

"A. Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus, or any other writ or direction, directing the 2^nd respondent to declare the date of election and publish the calendar of events for conducting the election in respect of 3^rd respondent-society, in accordance with the order dated 23.05.2025 bearing No.DRY/SANGASAMSTHE/04/2025-26, produced at

Annexure-F.

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B. Grant such other further reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit in the circumstances of the

case, in the interest of justice and equity."

2. The petitioner, claiming to be a member of the

3rd respondent–Society by virtue of the order passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in W.P. No.23465/2022, as evidenced at Annexure–A, has approached this Court seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus, as extracted supra. The grievance projected in the present writ petition is that despite the earlier directions issued by this Court and notwithstanding the expiry of the tenure of the erstwhile managing committee, there is total inaction on the part of respondent No.3–Society in not conducting elections. It is in this backdrop that the petitioner seeks a direction to respondent No.2 to declare the date of election and publish the calendar of events for conducting elections to the 3rd respondent–Society in terms of the order dated

23.05.2025 produced at Annexure–F.

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3. Per contra, the learned Senior Counsel

appearing for respondent No.3, at the outset, seriously opposed the petition by placing reliance on the statement of objections and the documents annexed thereto. It was contended that the elections have already been conducted and a new committee has been constituted and, therefore, the relief sought in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. On this premise, it was urged that the writ petition has been rendered infructuous and is liable to be

dismissed.

4. This Court has given its anxious consideration

to the rival submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties and has perused the material on record. As rightly contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the alleged elections stated to have been conducted on 24.09.2023 cannot be countenanced in law. A perusal of the order dated 21.09.2023 p