IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, P. V. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ
TRAINED NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF INDIA, REGISTRATION NO.199, KERALA STATE BRANCH, REPRESENTED BY PRESIDENT, PROF. RENU SUSAN THOMAS – Appellant
Versus
THE RETURNING OFFICER KERALA NURSES & MIDWIVES COUNCIL – Respondent
JUDGMENT
P.V.BALAKRISHNAN, J
This intra court appeal is filed by the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.21657/2025, challenging the judgment dated 03.07.2025 dismissing the writ petition.
2. The facts in brief, as are necessary for the disposal of this writ appeal, are as follows:
The appellant/petitioner claims to be the President of the Trained Nurses' Association of India (for short, 'TNAI'). The main relief sought in the writ petition is to quash Ext.P1 election notice dated 20.01.2025 and Ext.P5 notification dated 11.02.2025 showing respondents 2 to 4 as candidates contesting to the post of Member of the Kerala Nurses & Midwives Council, from the quota reserved for Members of TNAI. Ext.P1 notice was issued by the first respondent-Returning Officer for the purpose of holding election for six posts, to be elected by the Registered Nurses from among the nurses registered in Part A of the register of nurses. One among the six has to be elected from the members of TNAI. When Ext.P1 was issued, TNAI sent Ext.P2 communication dated 25.01.2025 to the Returning Officer stating that, as per its bye laws, the candidate, endorsed by TNAI National or State Branch Executive Committee, can alone contest t
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