IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20395 of 2007 Between: 1 Done Ramana S/o.Chinna Venkanna 2 Ch.Chintodu S/o.Chinna Appa Rao 3 Ch.Masenu @ Seaman S/o.Narasimhlu 4 S.Ammoria S/o.Musalaiah All are resident of Kothapatnam Village, Ramballi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Assistant Registrar/Auditor, Election Officer, Marina Fishermen Coop Society, Kothapatnam Village, Ramballi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Marina Fishermen Coop Society, Kothapatnam Village, Ramballi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, rep. by its President/Person-in-charge. 4 The Joint Director of Fisheries, Near Harbour, Visakhapatnam. 5 The Assistant Director of Fisheries, Near Harbour, Visakhapatnam. 6 The Fisheries Development Officer, Atchuthapuram village and Mandal, Visakhapatnam District 7 Chodipalli Appa Rao S/o.Narasimhulu Marina Fishermen Coop Society, Kothapatnam Village, Ramballi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the election notiﬁcation dated 14.9.2007 issued by the 2nd respondent for conducting elections to the 3rd respondent society on 29.9.2007 is contrary to the Rules 22(B), 22, 22(3)(a) of the A.P. Cooperative societies Rules, 1964 and violation of the principles of natural justice and set aside the same and consequentially direct the respondents to conduct the elections to the 3rd respondent society after following the procedure as contemplated under Rules 22(B), 22, 22(3)(a) of the A.P. Cooperative societies Rules, 1964 by including the names of the petitioners 1 to 3 in the voters list and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.V.N.NARAYANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR COOPERATION THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20395 of 2007 ORDER: Petitioners challenge the election notification dated 14-09-2007 issued by the second respondent. The main ground urged by the petitioners is that their names were deleted from the voters list. The fourth respondent ﬁled a counter aﬃdavit stating inter alia that the voters list was prepared strictly in accordance with the relevant provisions of law and that the names of the petitioners and about 25 others were deleted on ﬁnding that they are not eligible to be continued in the list. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Cooperation. By the time the writ petition was ﬁled, the election notiﬁcation was already issued. It is only in very rare and exceptional cases that this Court would interfere with the election process after it has commenced. The only ground urged by the petitioners is deletion of their names from the voters list. There is nothing on record to disclose that they have raised objection when the draft list was published. At any rate the petitioners have to work out the remedies under the A.P. Cooperative Societies Act and the Rules made thereunder be it in the context of deletion of their names or the matters relating to election. Hence the writ petition is dismissed leaving it open to the petitioners to pursue the remedies under the A.P. Cooperative Societies Act and the Rules made thereunder. No order as to costs. _______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:07-11-2008 usd To 1 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Assistant Registrar/Auditor, Election Officer, Marina Fishermen Coop Society, Kothapatnam Village, Ramballi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Marina Fishermen Coop Society, Kothapatnam Village, Ramballi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, rep. by its President/Person-in-charge. 4 The Joint Director of Fisheries, Near Harbour, Visakhapatnam. 5 The Assistant Director of Fisheries, Near Harbour, Visakhapatnam. 6 The Fisheries Development Officer, Atchuthapuram village and Mandal, Visakhapatnam District 7 Two CCs to GP for Cooperation, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 8 Two CD copies.