THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.10483 OF 2002 DATED: 04-7-2007 Between: Nadakuditi Surya Prakasha Rao and others. .. Petitioner and Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Aurandal Complex, Jaihind Talkies Road, Vijayawada, Krishna District and others. .. Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.10483 OF 2002 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not conducting elections to Krishna Country Canal Boat Workers Labour Contract Cooperative Society Limited, Ferry, Ibrahimpatnam, by continuing the 2nd respondent as part time person-in-charge, as arbitrary and illegal; and to direct the 1st respondent to forthwith conduct elections to the said society. This Court passed an interim order on 15.07.2002, in W.P.M.P.No.12881 of 2002, directing the 1st respondent to discontinue the 2nd respondent as person-in-charge to the Krishna Country Canal Boat Workers Labour Contract Cooperative Society Limited, Ferry, Ibrahimpatnam, and to conduct elections to the said society. In the counter filed by the 1st respondent, while denying the allegations made by the petitioners, it is asserted that proposals to conduct elections for the posts of President and Members of the managing committee of the society had been submitted to the District Cooperative Officer, Krishna at Machilipatnam, vide letter dated 10.9.2001, and election notification is awaited from the District Collector. Further, as soon as the election notification is received from the Election Authority – District Collector, Krishna District, elections will be conducted for the posts of President and Members of the managing committee. In view of the above undertaking given in the counter, the elections might have been conducted during the pendency of this writ petition. However, if no elections are conducted till now, the respondents are directed to conduct elections for the posts of President and Members of the managing committee of the society forthwith. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ____​__________ C.V. RAMULU, J 4th July, 2007. IBL