IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 1050 of 2011 Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha (Regd.), Dehradun ….Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents. Sri Pracheta Singh, Advocate present for the petitioner. Sri N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel present for the State of Uttarakhand. Sri Neeraj Garg, Advocate present for respondent no. 2. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Sri Pracheta Singh, Advocate for the petitioner, Sri N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel present for the State of Uttarakhad as well as Sri Neeraj Garg, Advocate present for respondent no. 2. The petitioner is challenging the election for President of a Society, namely, “Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha (Regd.), Dehradun”. The date of this election has already been notified on 13.6.2011 and the voting for electing the office bearers is to take place on 29.5.2011. It is settled principle of law right from Mohinder Singh Gill and another v. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi and others reported in 1978 1 SCC 485 and N.P. Ponnuswami v. The Returning Officer, Namakkal Constituency, Namakkal, Salem Dist., and others reported in 1952 AIR SC 64 that once elections are notified and the election process is on, the Court should not interfere, particularly in view of the fact that there is a mechanism already available to the petitioner to challenge the election before the Prescribed Authority under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The petitioner says that he has already challenged the nomination of respondent no. 4 as it is in violation of Articles of Association. No interference is therefore called for by this Court. The Registrar, Firms Societies and Chits is directed to dispose of the pending application of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible but definitely within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order 2 is produced before him. The petitioner will be at liberty to make necessary amendment in his representation consequent to the result of the election. With the above observations, writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 27.5.2011 Avneet