IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2648 of 2008 DATED: 12.2.2008 Between: Vaddepalli Chandra Mouli petitioner And The District Collector cum The Election Authority, Handloom Weavers Coop Production & Sale Societies, Warangal and ors Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 2648 of 2008 Oral order: The present writ petition is filed to declare the election notice dated 28.1.2008 issued by the first respondent as illegal. The petitioner claims that he is founder member of the 5th respondent society having joined the society in the year 1991 and also served the society as Vice President. His grievance is with regard to deletion of his name and names of other seven members from the voters list. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Co-operation. The grievance of the petitioner is with regard to deletion of his name from the voters list, which cannot be gone into by this Court. As per section 61(3) of the A.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1964, every dispute relating to, or in connection with any election to a committee of a society shall be referred for decision to the Tribunal having jurisdiction over the place where the main office of the society is situated, whose decision shall be final. In view of that, and having regard to the fact that the dispute raised by the petitioner relate to deletion of his name from the voters list, I am of the considered opinion that the said question cannot be gone into by this Court in this writ petition, and the remedy of the petitioner, is to approach the Tribunal. This Court in M . Ramachandra Reddy and Others v. Government of A.P.[1] held that even if it was assumed that there were certain irregularities in enrolment of the members of the society and preparation of the voters list, as held by the apex Court in Shri Sant Sadguru Janardan Swami (Moingiri Maharaj) Sahakari Dugdha Utpadak Sanstha v. State of Maharashtra[2], the same can at the most be a valid ground to raise an election dispute after the declaration of the result, and that sub-sections (3) and (4) of Section 61 of the Act in clear terms provide that any dispute relating to any election to a committee of a society shall be referred to the Tribunal only after the date of declaration of the result of such election. For the foregoing reasons, I find no merit in the writ petition, and the same is accordingly dismissed. However, the petitioner is at liberty to approach the Co-operative Tribunal under Sections 61(3) and (4) of the A.P. Co-operative Societies Act, after conduct of the elections and raise election dispute. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Dated: 12.2.2008. tvk THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2648 of 2008 DATED: 12.2.2008 [1] 2006 (2) ALD 296 [2] (2001) 8 SCC 509