1 WP732/2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.732 OF 2011 Vinod Vishnupat Mahadik and others .... Petitioners. V/s Collector of Solapur and others .... Respondents. Mr. S.S. Patwardhan for the Petitioners. Mentioned, not on board: CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 24th January, 2011 P.C.:- 1. Petitioners are aggrieved by the order passed by the Collector rejecting the objection to the Voters’ List of the Society and permitting them to vote in the ensuing elections which are likely to be held in near future. 2. The Apex Court in Shri Sant Sadguru Janardan Swami (Moingiri Maharaj) Sahakari Dugdha Utpadak Sanstha and another vs. State of Maharashtra and others1 has held that breach or non-compliance of the mandatory provisions or 1 (2001) 8 SCC 509 2 WP732/2011 rule during preparation of electoral roll can be challenged in Election Petition under section 144-T of the Maharashtra Societies Act after declaration of the result. 3. It is an admitted position that Respondent No.2 is a specified Society and the provisions under section 144-T would apply. In view of this, appropriate remedy which is available to the Petitioners is to file Election Petition and this Writ Petition cannot be entertained. 4. Writ Petition is accordingly disposed off with liberty to the Petitioners to file Election Petition. (V.M. KANADE, J.) 3 WP732/2011