1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3886 OF 2007 Suresh Sidramappa Hasapure .. Petitioner v/s. Basavraj Mallesha Bagale and others .. Respondents Mr. A.S. Kulkarni for the petitioner. Ms. V. Mhaispurkar, Assistant Government Pleader for the respondent Nos.6 and 7. CORAM : R.M. SAVANT, J. DATED : 16TH MAY, 2007 P.C. This petition impugns the order passed by the Additional Commissioner of Pune Division, Pune dated 9.5.2007 by which order the application for framing of the preliminary issue has been rejected by the said authority. The subject matter of the proceedings before the authority is the election dispute raised in connection with the election of Board of Directors of Solapur District Co-operative Bank Limited. The election petition has been filed against the present petitioner by the respondent Nos.1 and 2. 2. The said election petition has been proceeded with, the evidence has been recorded and the arguments have also been heard. The application filed by the petitioner is at a belated stage, as has been rightly observed by the said authority. In that view of the matter, I do not find any illegality or infirmity in the impugned order and therefore, the petition is dismissed summarily. 2 3. Needless to say that the authority would proceed to decide the election dispute in accordance with law. (R.M. SAVANT, J.)