THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P.No.13688 of 2010 Date: 18.06.2010 Between: Smt. C. Anjana Devi and another … Petitioners AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Cooperative Department, Secretariat at Hyderabad & 4 others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P. No.13688 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners seek interdiction of the election process for constitution of the Managing Committee of Anantapur Co-opertive Town Bank Limited, Anantapur. The process commenced with the sanction granted by the District Collector-cum-District Election Authority, Anantapur under the proceedings passed in April 2010 and the consequential notification dated 09.06.2010 issued by the District Registrar-cum-Election Officer, Anantapur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Anantapur. 2. The complaint of the petitioners is with regard to the alleged irregularities committed by the erstwhile governing body. The petitioners also complain of defects in the voters list, whereby ineligible members are said to have been included while eligible members have been deleted. As per the election notification dated 09.06.2010, the following schedule has been stipulated for conducting the elections. Receipt of nominations : 14-06-2010 Scrutiny of nominations : 15-06-2010 Withdrawal of nominations : 16-06-2010 Date of Polling : 27-06-2010 3. Once the election process has commenced, interdiction of such process in exercise of extraordinary jurisdiction by this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution is unwarranted unless exceptional circumstances exist. Mere defect in the voters list, even if true, would not be a sufficient reason for this Court to interfere with the election process. 4. As held by a Division Bench of this Court in M.J. Veeramani and others v. Government of A.P. and others[1], a writ petition is not maintainable for interdicting or protracting the election process after its commencement. The proper course is to await the culmination of the election process and thereafter invoke the statutory remedy available under Section 61 of the A.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1964. 5. The writ petition is therefore not maintainable and is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: 18.06.2010 Isn [1] 2002 (1) ALD 621 (D.B.)