S ( / •IN THE HIGH COURT OF £ARNATAiCA AT BANGALORE Dated : This the 5th day of JGne, 1998 BEFORE Tfl RON’BLE Na. JUStICE iJ14AR RAJARATNAN WRIT Ph.TITION NO.5313 OF 1996 8ETWaEN: ‘7 K.Jayaramaiah, 4* 505 of Nuniswsappa, major, rio Begahalli village, Jigani Lost, Anekal Taluk, Baralore Urban District. PETITIONER (By Sri K.N.Subba Reddy, Advocate) AND 1. i)eputy Registrar of Co—operative Societies, Bangalore Urban District, Bangalore. 2. The urinary Co—operative Agricultural and laral Development Bank, Anekal, Sangalore City District, by its Secretary. RESPONDENTS (W.P.diamissed againsL a—I; — served) This writ Eetition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Coatitution of India praying to quash Annexure—B dated 14.2.96 passed by 11—2 and to direct the respoaóents to hold the elec— tioq,of Board of Directors of the primary co-op. Agricultural and Rural Development Bank, Anekal, I, a. Bangalore City District and hold the election of president and vice—president of the said bank. the petition coming on for preliminary hear ing in B—Group this day, the Court male the following :— ORDER The writ petition is taken up with the consent of parties. 2. The writ petition egaint the 1st respondent—the Deputy Registrar of Co-opera tive Societies has been dismissed for non— prosecution. Only the 2nd respondent remains. 3. The 2nd respondent is the Primary Co—operative Agricultural and £tural Develop ment Bank, Anekal registered under the Co operative Societies Act. The prayer in the writ petition is to quash the meeting notice dated 14.2.1996. 4. This writ petition cannot survive for consideration in view of the fact that the petition has been diaissed as against V S d the State. Reliance is placed on the Judgment of this Court in the case of Sharathi —vs— Registrar of Co—op. Societies and others re ported in 1989 (3) AAR.L.J. pe 62. Ibis Court held that writ of mandamus cannot be maintained ainst a co—operative society since a co—operative society is not a State within the meaning of Ar•• tide 12, in that view of the matter, the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ci -i’• JUDGE C F’ •— S ,. I I