A NAGARAJ REDDY v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA

Court: High Court of Karnataka

Bench: P.S.DINESH KUMAR

Judgment date: 2020-12-22

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High Court of Karnataka judgment dated 2020-12-22. A NAGARAJ REDDY v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ND DATED THIS THE 22 DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020 BEFORE THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE P. S. DINESH KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 1808/2020 (CS-EL/M) Between: 1. A. Nagaraj Reddy, S/o. Late. E. B. Appanna Reddy, Aged about 64 years, Share No: 216 2. A. Vasantha Reddy, S/o. Late. B. Appanna Reddy, Aged about 62 years, Share No: 444 3. K. N. Rajashekhar, S/o. Late Nyanappa K. P. Aged about 58 years, Share No: 498 4. Nataraj. M. H, S/o. Hanumappa, Aged about 62 years Share No: 583 5. Anjaneya Reddy, S/o. Papireddy, Aged about 70 years, Share No: 2915 6. K. M. Venkata Reddy, S/o. K. H. Munireddy, - 2 - Aged about 71 years, Share No: 566 7. Muninarayanappa R, S/o. Revappa, Aged about 58 years Share No: 176 8. S. J. Narayanaswamy, S/o. Govindappa, Aged about 46 years Share No: 178 9. S. J. Venkateshappa, S/o. Govindappa, Aged about 44 years Share No: 179 10. Nagaraja Shetty, S/o. Ramaiah Shetty, Aged about 56 years Share No: 2243 11. Munisiddappa, S/o.

Munishamappa, Aged about 67 years, Share No: 257 12. Shri Raama, S/o. Venkatappa, Aged about 68 years, Share No: 262 13. Venkateshappa S. K. S/o. Krishnappa, Aged about 49 years Share No: 2677 - 3 - 14. Gowramma, D/o. Venkateshappa, Aged about 45 years, Share No: 2679 15. Naveenkumar S. C. S/o. Channappa, Aged about 54 years, Share No: 2693 16. Ramaiah, S/o. Kallalli Bairappa, Aged about 67 years Share No: 270 17. Seenappa. S. V. S/o. Venkatappa K, Aged about 62 years Share No: 2704 18. Govindappa, S/o. Tayappa, Aged about 49 years Share No: 2714 19. Lakshmamma, S/o. Govindappa, Aged about 53 years Share No: 2715 20. Sarojamma, W/o. Narayanaswamy, Aged about 65 years Share No: 2761 21. S. J. Gowramma, D/o. Govindappa, Aged abour 40 years Share No: 2717 - 4 - 22. Narayanaswamy S. M. S/o. B. Munishamappa, Aged about 71 years Share No: 2777 23. Byregowda, S/o. Tayappa, Aged about 68 years Share No: 2796 24. Shyamalamma, W/o. Seenappa, Aged about 56 years Share No: 2821 25.

Janardhana Reddy S. V, S/o. S. R. Venkata Reddy, Aged about 58 years, Share No: 2856 26. Paapanna, S/o. Nyatappa, Aged about 56 years Share No: 310 27. Kempamma, W/o. Tayappa, Aged about 70 years Share No: 3117 28. Venkatesh, S/o. A. K. Ramappa, Aged about 78 years Share No: 336 29. Radhamma, W/o. Venkatesh, Aged about 65 years, Share No: 360 - 5 - 30. Raghunatha Reddy, W/o. Anjaneya Reddy, Aged about 67 years Share No: 126 31. Jayachandra Reddy, W/o. Anjaneya Reddy, Aged about 65 years Share No: 132 32. Srinivasa Shetty S/o. Papa Shetty, Aged about 54 years Share No: 2921 33. V. Narayanaswamy Reddy, S/o. C. Veera Reddy, Aged about 69 years Share No: 185 34. S. N. Shyamala, W/o. Sundar Raj Reddy, Aged about 54 years Share No: 535 35. N. Babu Reddy, S/o. Late Narayana Reddy, Aged about 52 years Share No: 2296 36. Anilkumar S. J, S/o. Jayarama Reddy, Aged about 76 years, Share No: 2547 37. Venkateshappa, S/o. Doddamunishami, Aged about 70 years, Share No: 3150 - 6 - 38. Triveni, D/o.

K M. Gopal, Aged about 28 years, Share No: 300 39. Suresh Reddy, S/o. Venkata Reddy, Aged about 50 years Share No: 2500 40. Nagi Reddy, S/o. Nareppa Reddy, Aged about 43 years Share No: 316 41. Srinivasa Reddy R. N. S/o. Narayana Reddy, Aged about 63 years, Share No: 2920 42. Mohan Reddy K. S. S/o. Narayana Reddy, Aged about 65 years Share No: 3024 43. Sujathamma, W/o. B. Hullurappa, Aged about 45 years Share No: 855 44. Muniraju, S/o. Sampanna, Aged about 78 years, Share No: 883 45. Narayana Reddy, S/o. Munireddy, Aged about 67 years Share No: 1306 - 7 - 46. Srinivasamurthy, S/o. Lakshmaiah, Aged about 70 years, Share No: 2232 47. Pattalappa, S/o. Shambappa, Aged about 71 years, Share No: 2642 48. B. K. Gopalakrishna, S/o. B. M. Krishnappa, Aged about 49 years, Share No: 955 49. Sampangi Ramaiah, S/o. Munivenkatappa, Aged about 72 years, Share No: 859 50. Lakshmikanth, S/o. Munirajappa, Aged about 56 years, Share No: 2414 51. Chiatra B. R. W/o.

Lakshmikanth, Aged about 40 years, Share No: 2415 52. Gundamma, W/o. Narayanappa, Aged about 68 years Share No: 863 53. M. Srinivas, S/o. Munishamappa, Aged about 67 years Share No: 972 - 8 - 54. Venkataswamy, S/o. Late Burugappa, Aged about 65 years Share No: 2229 55. Venkatagiriyappa, S/o. Cheluvappa, Aged about 76 years, Share No: 2346 56. Krishna Reddy, S/o. Guruva Reddy, Aged about 67 years Share No: 1011 57. Gopala Reddy, S/o. Bala Reddy, Aged about 56 years Share No: 2556 58. A. B. Srinath, S/o. Bayya Reddy Aged about 67 years Share No: 823 59. Bhagyamma, W/o. Rangappa, Aged about 68 years Share No: 3000 60. Rangappa, S/o. Venkataramanappa, Aged about 70 years Share No: 3001 61. Suresh Reddy, S/o. Jangama Reddy, Aged about 65 years Share No: 2661 - 9 - 62. Anjaneya Reddy, S/o. Venkataramana Reddy, Aged about 50 years Share No: 2758 63. R. Gowramma, W/o. K. N. Jagannatha, Aged about 65 years Share No: 993 64. Gutlappa, S/o. Timmarayappa, Aged about 70 years Share No: 780 65.

Govinda Reddy, S/o. Krishna Reddy, Aged about 69 years Share No: 1037 66. Brinda, D/o. Govinda Reddy, Aged about 45 years Share No: 1049 67. Narayana Reddy, S/o. Obala Reddy, Aged about 72 years Share No: 2934 68. Krishna Reddy, S/o. Sampangi Rama Reddy, Aged about 67 years Share No: 2946 69. Krishna Reddy, S/o. Nagi Reddy, Aged about 68 years Share No: 877 - 10 - 70. Appojigowda, S/o. Venkateshappa, Aged about 67 years Share No: 3006 71. Subramani. V, S/o. Venkateshappa, Aged about 56 years Share No: 2614 72. Venkatachalapathi, S/o. Munivenkatappa, Aged about 49 years Share No: 2631 73. Narayanasamy. N, S/o. Doddananjudappa, Aged about 76 years Share No: 2649 74. Manjunath N, S/o. Narayanappa, Aged about 63 years Share No: 2650 75. Munirajaiah. T. M, S/o. Munivenkatappa. P, Aged about 64 years, Share No: 3194 76. Srinivas, S/o. Venkatappa, Aged about 67 years Share No: 2052 77. Nagaraja Rao, S/o. Venkoba Rao, Aged about 65 years Share No: 2098 - 11 - 78. Gajendra Rao. M. N. S/o.

Nagoji Rao, Aged about 76 years Share No: 3151 79. Krishnappa. M, S/o. Muniyappa, Aged about 72 years, Share No: 1214 80. Muniswamy, S/o. late Narayanappa, Aged about 69 years, Share No: 2664 81. Venkateshappa, S/o. Krishnappa, Aged about 65 years Share No: 2490 82. Bhagyamma, W/o. Balakrishna Reddy, Aged about 59 years Share No: 1597 83. H. D. Narayanaswamy, S/o. Dasappa, Aged about 72 years, Share No: 1612 84. B. A. Suresh, S/o. Anjanappa, Aged about 67 years Share No: 1355 85. Subhash Chandra, S/o. V. Hanumappa, Aged about 45 years, Share No: 1382 - 12 - 86. V. Hanumappa, S/o. Venkatappa, Aged about 79 years, Share No: 1383 87. B. H. Pratap Chandra, S/o. V. Hanumappa, Aged about 40 years, Share No: 1409 88. Ashok. K. N. S/o. Narayanappa, Aged about 43 years Share No: 1042 89. H. L. Harish, S/o. Lakshmi Narayanappa, Aged about 67 years Share No: 2280 90. V. M. Varadaraju, S/o. Muniyappa, Aged about 56 years Share No: 1531 91. Chaitra, W/o. V. M.

Varadaraj, Aged about 53 years, Share No: 1646 … Petitioners For the purpose of address of all the above mentioned petitioners it could be taken as "The Primary Co-operative Agricultural & Rural Development Bank ltd. , Maluru, Maluru taluk, Kolar district, as all the petitioners herein are the shareholders with their respective share numbers as mentioned in the cause title. (By Sri. Sumanth Kumar S. Patil, Advocate) - 13 - And: 1. The State of Karnataka, Department of Co-operation, M. S Building, Dr. B. R Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru-01 Represented by its Secretary 2. The Co-operative Election Commission, rd 3 Floor, Shanthinagar, TTMC 'A' Block, K. H. Road, Shanthinagar, B’lre – 027 Reptd by its Commissioner 3. The Co-operative Election Authority, And Election Authority for conducting to Primary Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, ltd. , Kolar, Kolar district - 563101 Rpstd by its CEO 4.

The Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Bengaluru Division, Bengaluru Sahakara Soudha, Margossa Road, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru 560003 5. The Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kolar district, Kolar – 563101 6. The Primary Co-operative Agricultural & Rural Development Bank, Maaluru, Kolar district - Represented by its CEO/Secretary - 14 - 7. Shivakumar. V. , Returning Officer, Primary Co-operative Agricultural & Rural Development Bank Niyamitha, Maaluru, /Co-operative Development Officer, Maaluru taluk, Kolar district. … Respondents (By Smt. Rashmi Patel, HCGP for R. 1, 4, 5 & 7; Sri. G. V. Shashikumar, Advocate for R. 2 & 3) This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to declare that Section 20(2)(a-iv) and (a-v) of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act is ultra virus the legislative competence and Article 243Zl and 243ZO of the Constitution of India and etc.

This petition coming on for orders this day, the Court made the following: ORDER Heard Shri. Sumanth Kumar S. Patil, learned advocate for the petitioners, Smt. Rashmi Patel, learned HCGP for the State and Shri G. V. Shashi Kumar, learned advocate for respondent Nos. 2 and 3. 2. Shri. Sumanth Kumar S. Patil, learned advocate for the petitioners submits that elections have already - 15 - been conducted. Therefore, this petition is rendered infructuous and accordingly prayed for its dismissal. He undertakes to send a memo to this effect. Once the memo is received, the Registry shall keep the same in the record. 3. In the circumstances, the petition is accordingly dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. Sd/- JUDGE NBM

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