(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 5318 OF 2002 Vishwanath s/o. Marotrao Lokhande, Age : 59 years, Occupation : Agriculture, R/o. Lokhande Pimpla, Taluka : Purna, District : Parbhani. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra. 2. The Returning Officer, for the Elections of Pimpla Lokhande Vividh Karyekari Seva Sahakari Society Ltd., and the Assistant Cooperative Officer, C/o. Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Parbhani. 3. Pimpla Lokhande Vividh Karyekari Seva Sahakari Society Ltd., Pimpla Lokhande, Taluka : Purna, District : Parbhani, Through its Secretary. 4. Shivaji Ranganath Jadhav, Age : 25 years, Occupation : Agriculture. (2) 5. Subhash Ranganath Jadhav, Age : 30 years, Occupation : Agriculture Respondent nos.4 & 5, R/o. Pimpala (Lokhande), Taluka : Purna, District : Parbhani. 6. Lokhande Vithalrao Manikrao, Age : 50 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 7. Lokhande Deorao Maneji, Age : 55 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 8. Lokhande Suryabhan Gangaram, Age : 50 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 9. Jadhav Balaji Govindrao, Age : 48 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 10. Lokhande Namdeo Kishanrao, Age : 32 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 11. Lokhande Kondiba Narayan, Age : 50 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 12. Lokhande Parasram Umaji, Age : 42 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 13. Lokhande Pandurang Gyanoba, Age : 32 years, Occupation : Agriculture. (3) 14. Kapure Nivrutti Dashrath, Age : 27 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 15. Lokhande Vimal Vikram, Age : 34 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 16. Digambar Ganpati Panchal, Age : 38 years, Occupation : Agriculture. Respondent nos.6 to 16, R/o. Pimpala Lokhande, Taluka : Purna, District : Parbhani. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. V.D. Salunke, Advocate, for the petitioner (Absent). Mr. P.P. More, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent nos.1 and 2. Mr. S.B. Ghute, Advocate, for respondent no.3. Mr. R.S. Shinde, Advocate, for respondent nos.4 and 5. Respondent nos.6 to 16 served (Absent). ........................ CORAM : A.P. DESHPANDE & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 2ND MARCH 2010 (4) COURT'S ORDER (Per A.P. Deshpande, J.) : 1. The Counsel for the petitioner is absent. 2. By this petition filed in the year 2002, order dated 17-12-2002 and the final voters' list of non-borrower category for the election of respondent no.3 / Society, is challenged. 3. The election seems to be over long back, rendering the petition infructuous. 4. Hence, the petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. Rule is discharged. There shall be no order as to costs. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( A.P. DESHPANDE ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/5318wp