HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.13900 of 2000 ORDER: The proceedings of the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Gudivada, dated 26.07.2000, whereby a person incharge was appointed to manage the affairs of the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society, Tamirisa - fourth respondent for a period of six months from 26.07.2000 or till the elections were conducted, which ever was earlier, was challenged in this writ petition by the petitioner who was elected as the President of the fourth respondent-Society in the elections held on 05.11.1997. This Court, by order in WPMP.No. 17687 of 2000, dated 17.08.2000, suspended the impugned proceedings dated 26.07.2000. Subsequently, by order in WVMP.No.478 of 2000 in WPMP.No.17687 of 2000 dated 02.08.2001, the interim order was made absolute. Even according to the petitioner, (as is evident from the averments in para 4 of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition), he is entitled to continue in the office only for a period of five years from the declaration of the results i.e. from 05.11.1997 till 04.11.2002 and, since the said period of five years has already expired on 04.11.2002, the writ petition has become infructuous. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:22.07.2010 usd