{"id":176074,"date":"2010-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-s-prakash-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-27-september-2010"},"modified":"2016-03-19T04:20:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T22:50:04","slug":"sri-s-prakash-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-27-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-s-prakash-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-27-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sri S Prakash vs The State Of Karnataka on 27 September, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri S Prakash vs The State Of Karnataka on 27 September, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: S.Abdul Nazeer<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BAN\n\nDATED Tms THE 27'?\" DAY OF SEPTEMBER $'3~t  \"\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE I-ION'BLE MR. JUSTICE 5;';    \n\nWRIT PETITION NOs.25816:2581.vE3\/2'Oi.O (C.S'-'TEL.\/'['\/1}\" \n\nBEIE WEEN:\n\n1.\n\n'   Atiand\n\" = . S\/_o.V1a\u20ac.e 'Srinivasa Gowda\n\nSri. S. Prakash\nS\/0. Seenappa V V\nAged about 534 years\"  -- \n\nR\/21. Kondash\u00e9ttyhallii vi1iage,\u00b07 'V V ' \nTekal H.r:~b.1i, ii\/Iai_iur\"Fa1a1_k   \nKolar  '     \n\nS,-er.' \"Nl.\"7\u00a5T\u00e9_'Uk8.t;itJ Red dy\nSV}'fO.  \" V  \nAged about 47V\"};ears\"i'-.... \" \nR\/a.\u00bb.Manigar1a'ha11i  \" '\nSrinivasapura _Tal_uk., \n\nKolar Distrjic\ufb01 '\n\nAged .Veib(3ui?\u00bb~'4O years\n\n. h  'R\/ 3. -Fiosiir Village\n SL1..111<_L1}iite: Post,\n\nB\u00e9mgarpet T aluk\n\nK0131' District ... PETITIONERS\n\n'   D.N. Nanjunda Raddy. Senior Advocate\n'  fqr Sri. I-LN. Shashidhara Adv.)\n\n\n\nAND:\n\nThe State of KE11"1"lE1t'c1kE1\nDepartment of C0~ope1'ation\nRep. by its Secret.a1'y\nMultistoried Building\n\nD1". Ambeclkar Veedhi\nBangalore 560 001\n\nThe Joint Registrar\n\nOf Co--operat:ive Societies\nPampamahakavi Road\nChamarajpet\n\nBangaiore W 560 O 18\n\nThe Kolar District. C0--0perati"Veb \nUnion Ltd., No.54,\/:"1...V  * \nDistrict Sahakara Bhiavfaiia 5 . "\n\nII 1661':   .   '  \nKevlar.'  __ .\nRep. by its.ChiE:fVEX_CC-!,1't1f!e Officer\n\nSri. '3\\\/teiikatafipet * \n\njS\/ c...Muni'yap'pVa\n\n 4\u00b02'Xge%d about 5:"iv--},zea'rs\n  R\/'aj. K_\u00e91veranaha11i\n.. " ~V.S.'G'."E{bcvte"Post, Bangarpet Taiuk:\n Kuiguqni\u00e9irivct-,\n\n Stilt." 'i'..S. Umadevi\n\nW\/0, S.N. Narasappa\nAged about 30 years\n\nAt ._R\/a. Yeldur viliage 81 Post\nH Srinivasapura Taliik\n\nKolar District\n\n\n\nSri. HM. Thimmappa\n\nS\/0. H. Munlyappa\n\nAged about 60 years J  b\n'Bhavyashree Harsitha Nilaya'  A' ._ \nKeekkote, near Sathayamma Te'mp1\u00a73'e .. \nK0131' City V  \n\nSmt. Shanthamma\n\nW\/o. K. Prakash\n\nAged about 55 years d *  '\nR\/a. Gattakamade11a}'1a11i__  . "\n\nBangarpet Taluk\n\nK01arD1strte1;    '\nPresident, the-.Ko1a\u00a7r District  .\nC0~opera{\u00a3ive"j\u00a3Lt1i0ri--_Lttlb'  \n\nSri. K.R;.B'ee'r_appa   \u00ab. A A\nS,:"d;"Ra1;ie;goWf{ia  \n\nAged _ah0ut'  'years  .  _\nR\/Va. Kesar_ag~ei'e village " __\nMasti Hob1i,=.Ma1ur 'rank\nKolar D_ist1'ict- A   "E\n\nfxfice Presi.d'e'n't',' the Kt).1a1'JIZ)istrict\ngt ""\u00abCq--_t')perative' U.3f1_i_Q'\ufb02 Ltd. .... RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n
ti-By\u00ab.sr;’. ‘M’;’-\u00abKesha.va Reddy. AGA, for R4 and R-2
\nSri. T13. Mei\u00a7”1’aIi’Eesh, Adv. for R-3
\nSri.LI_ayaku1n’ar S. Patil, Sr. Advocate, for<\/p>\n
\ufb02 M\/s. Jayaekumar S. Patil 8: Assts, Advs. for R-4 to 8}<\/p>\n
‘-i==i=*=i=*<\/p>\n
These writ petitions are filed under Articles 226p'”.’a–1p1d
\n227 of the Constitution of India praying to qt121_s~h”-..the<\/p>\n
etc.\n<\/p>\n
noii’fieatioi’1 dt.1 1.8.2010 issued by R-1 vide An11ext.1.re’~.D’ ar\u00a7.d”‘\u00ab 3<\/p>\n
These Writ Petitions having been hear-d”‘and’_~re”sVer’.:ed__ <\/p>\n
for Orders. this day the Court pronounced’the–\u00abto’l.lowi’ng:V  =<\/p>\n
0RD”]l:”.R__<\/p>\n
In these cases, the petitioiiers-.rh.a\\te”ehetllenged the
\norder at Annexu1’e–D   the hit
\nrespondent whereby i\ufb01iere nominated
\nto the managi_n-5%,   Co–operative
\nUnion Ltd.,   that the election of<\/p>\n
respondent’  _’ the Adhyaksha and the<\/p>\n
Upadhyaltshla of the Sift’ 1f\u00e9s\u00a7mi’aent as illegal.<\/p>\n
   petitioners are the me1:11be1’s of the Kolar<\/p>\n
A”Distriet~Co;oper,a:tiVe Union Ltd, the 31″‘ respondent herein.<\/p>\n
T h\u20ac””\u00abtOt21_’.v’I1I,lfi’1b\u20ac1′ ol’n1e’n1bers of the inanaging Committee of<\/p>\n
 V'”t’he 3″‘i*,l.’\u20acS})Ol1d\u20ac11l. is twenty~one. Seventeen of them are<\/p>\n
l’ eiee_t_efd directly and four are the ex-offieio members. The<\/p>\n
t
\ng<\/p>\n
eieetion to the con’1n1it.tee of nianagement of the 3″‘<\/p>\n
respondent was held on 29.07.2010. It is Ltonterided.-“that.<\/p>\n
after declaration of the results. the Chief Exeeutiy.e”-0i’i\u00a7C\u20aci~”..<\/p>\n
issued a notice dated 5.8.2010 for election of  M<\/p>\n
and the Upedyakslm for the first iW<)'*'aIJ.d hell!' <\/p>\n
Government of Kariiataka  0  .v1;1(3~f<i1'E:C\u00a7"?}:i'\\K).1:l2Vv"<\/p>\n
No.CEO.106.CNS.2010 dated "1_fJ;os.2o'10__ hats'-V_no_rr'rina'ted
\nrespondent Nos\/1 to 6 to the n1ane;g;=,ing"Vz;on1n1itte.e ofithe 3m
\nrespondent. It is further:.th'.at':tt.he–..Joint Registrar<\/p>\n
of Cowoperative Societies,'Banga1ore;',11ad. pzissed an exparte<\/p>\n
order d3.\u00b0i;e"c'i" Of at t.he""'i'r'rst:anCe of one of the<\/p>\n
defeated the 3" petitioner from<\/p>\n
participatiiigj e'::;::::\u00a2\u00a7~':1 of the Adhyaksha and the<\/p>\n
 se2l1"edu,_}_e(:1vo11 12.08.2010. The other eiected<\/p>\n
V':rnenibers–,_were_not aware of the nomination of respondent<\/p>\n
   restraint order. They have submitted<\/p>\n
their noniinati\u00e9ons to Contest the election. of the Adhyaksha<\/p>\n
 tithe tispadliyaksha on 12.08.2010. They came to<\/p>\n
._1i_:x1'o\\(V' " the nomination of three members only on<\/p>\n
12.8.2010. The chairperson acljourned the 1'1v1Vee_t'ir1.g<\/p>\n
commenced at 12.30 21.111. because of the <\/p>\n
commotion and left the premises along with the pe.tilio11ers.l <\/p>\n
Thereal'f;e1'. 13 members of {hell managin_g'7 c7o:1't1miVt'tee <\/p>\n
including the 3 nominated _rnen1be'rs'Wand  e'x\u00a5ct'ficio<\/p>\n
members continued the I'1]6\u20actiI'l'g.:'\u20ac1I1Cl \u00a71;<;-neat
\nNos"? and 8 as the Adlly\u00e9ksha   l\ufb01padhjzokshov\u00e9for the
\nfirst two and half years.hilt-ll';llluj\u00e9rlue;\u00a7:_:\u00e9\u00a2;_;:;.:';\u00a7;gdad that the
\nGovernment has   3m respondent
\nat any Point   the Government
\nhas not m\u00e9i'Cle-   "tl'1e"h1ar1aging eommittee of
\nthe 3rd  17 elected members. 14<\/p>\n
members aV1:e~-.xopposedh'.to'\u00ab.l\u20ac'5li1a1'atiya Janatha Party and 3<\/p>\n
—.A_mem_’o\u00e9rs:__lAaz’e tl1e’s11__pporters of Bharatiya Janatha Party.<\/p>\n
l7.fFhe’s:.1ppoftle1:\u00a7 “‘cf_Bl1aratiya Janatha Party created chaos “in<\/p>\n
the   respondent. Nos.7 and 8 to become the<\/p>\n
–VAdhy’\u00a7{;gg1i’a;::i\u00a7:1 the Upadhyaksha.<\/p>\n
3. The 1*” respondent has filed the objections<\/p>\n
contending that the 3*” respondent. is an assisted soc_i__et.y.<\/p>\n
The Zilla Panchayaith. Kolar, had granted a <\/p>\n
Rs.1.00,000\/~ to the 3?” respondent for the  .<\/p>\n
the Sahakari Bhavaria. During i.he.”ye_ar Zi1la..l <\/p>\n
Panchayath had again granted a suiri-._of <\/p>\n
3:-d respondent for cornpietioii-‘ll_ofa\ufb02thex’-eol11st.ructio:i1..__ot
\nSahakari Bhavana. Thus, the Zillai: granted a
\ntotal sum of    :.’~;–‘~..”_”\u00bbv..nresponderit. It is
\nfurther coritenciedthat   Constitution<\/p>\n
of India.”thesitatel:i\u00a7i(;ltide&s- Got?e1’i’iIiient and Legislature of
\neach Stai’.e: and _  or other authorities. The<\/p>\n
expression ‘local aut_hoifity’…~~ir1cludes a panchayath or other<\/p>\n
  Within._..the defiiiiiion of local authority. Thus,<\/p>\n
V’–.AfIi,{‘3’3-‘”.’] i’esponde1l_1t is an assisted society as de\ufb01ned under<\/p>\n
Secticii   the Karnataka Co~opei’ati.ve Societies Act,<\/p>\n
fV1959ll(‘fol-Aashort. ‘the Act’). The nomiriatiori made by the<\/p>\n
A ..fGoVle’:fiiri1e11i’. to the 31″” respondent. is just and proper.<\/p>\n
5<\/span>
\ns
\n5<\/span>
\nE
\n‘3 $2<\/p>\n
‘a.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
4. Sri. D.N. Nanjunda Reddy. iearned Senior Counsel.<\/p>\n
appearing for the petitioners siibniits that the 3″‘? respondent<\/p>\n
.. ‘_r<\/p>\n
is not an assisted society in accordance with section .’\u00ab.Z(a-._1_”‘}_oig<\/p>\n
the Act. Therefore, the State Governrnent canno’i:—noniina-3e’.”-no *<\/p>\n
members to ihe comrnittee of 111an.a.geme_nt “o\u00a3’_jih’e: V4_’3V=x1 ‘<\/p>\n
respondent. It is further argued that ‘det’inii.ion <\/p>\n
‘assisted society’ has been amended   In<\/p>\n
place of the word Government’,___the_wo1’ds..’G–oxrerI1n%1ent or
\nState’ has been substitn\u00abt.erd_w_.e.\u00a7.’ The grant<\/p>\n
made by the Zilla Panchay.at;h_\u00e9is  to R3 are<\/p>\n
dated 2G;1I’\u00a7ii9i913\u00bb,  and””3C:).O3.1996 respectively.
\nThe grant iiiadedibyp Panchayath from 199496
\ncanrlot betalien in.t_o  holding the 3″-3 respondent<\/p>\n
as an assisted ..so’ciety_ in~.V_the>’dyear 2010. The Zilla Panchayath<\/p>\n
.._was  included’ de\ufb01nition of the ‘Assisted Society’<\/p>\n
Vewhen ‘Vt.’l’i=:”T.7vg’I”‘-Et1″‘Vi:’i””””‘~’5.r”‘E1S made. It is further submitted that the<\/p>\n
 vbvoi’i.1’ining these writ petitions for challenging<\/p>\n
the Aorderai Ai.:’1nexL1z*e ‘D’ nominating respondent Nos.4 to 6<\/p>\n
in the n’ia1iT–1giI1g committee of the 3″” respondent. They may<\/p>\n
I
\nE
\n‘i<\/p>\n
‘am<\/p>\n
be permitted to avail the alternative remedy to challenge the<\/p>\n
election of respondent Nosf? and 8 as the Adhy&\u00a7;l{Sll\u00a7t~.,_i\u00a7Ild._V” <\/p>\n
the Uimdhyaksha of the 3*” respondent. beforet.he4’eonipet<en.t ' <\/p>\n
authority.\n<\/p>\n
5. On the other hand. Sri\ufb02 J_ayall{t:if_iia1′
\nSenior Counsel appearing for 1’es’poen_dent  ltd Sasubmits
\nthat th.e 3rd respondent  assistaiice of
\nRs.l,O0,000\/– as per   and another
\nsum of Rs.3,oci,oCfs:o7\/_g plasippeii’  The Zilla<\/p>\n
Panchayath is under Article 12 of the<\/p>\n
Coiistitution.’  GoV’e.1’n.n1ei1t had given grant to the<\/p>\n
Zilla PanchayathlV”f’o.rAVA’  purposes and the Zilla<\/p>\n
 Panchgayath. in tuifni has assisted the 31″” respondent out of<\/p>\n
  Talioncated by the State Government. Therefore, it<\/p>\n
<23;-..i_1'ri'g_t;. be.'"sai(l."_'that the 3"' respondent is not an assisted<\/p>\n
 _societ:y.  M. Keshava Reddy, learned Additional<\/p>\n
 :C}ove1fnnie*1.1.t Advocate appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2<\/p>\n
 , siibiiiitis that the 31" respondent is an assisted society having<\/p>\n
E<\/p>\n
'ii:\n<\/p>\n
.1. 0<\/p>\n
received t.he grant of Rs.4.00.000\/– from the Zilla<\/p>\n
Panchayath.\n<\/p>\n
6. 1″I3.Vi1]g regard to the Conterltions L1I”g*:7:VC”1′.–.:..”1.I_}’.l’L~\u00b0_<\/p>\n
question for consideration is whether the non1inat:.ion”<\/p>\n
respondent Nos.4 to 6 made by the Sta.t;e_Govei4n’ri:ent’.tov’t.l’1e\u00bb.V <\/p>\n
managing committee of respondent N’o&.3   <\/p>\n
7. The State Government has
\nNos.-4 to 6 to the committee ofiv\ufb01the 3?”
\nrespondent “under Section.._”?9_(A1}V: oi: _bSectiAon 29(1) of<\/p>\n
the Aetis as =..1nde;j:.,_    . _
\n “Nominees ‘qof._i}over;t1rnent on the<\/p>\n
comrizjttee   assisted co-operative
\n   “State Government. may
\nV-‘….’no1r1.i11ate not'”‘n’1’o19e than three persons as its
\n ..1’ep}fese’r1t.\u00e91t._iVes on the eon1n1it.t.ee of any
\n so\u00e9iety of Whom one shall be a person<\/p>\n
A ‘—..__be1Vo11gj.1i’gdto the Schedule Castes or Scheduled<\/p>\n
Tribes and one shall be a woman.”\n<\/p>\n
‘a<\/p>\n
E<\/p>\n
EX};\n<\/p>\n
11<\/span><\/p>\n
8. Section 2(a–1] of the Act defines the <\/p>\n
‘assisted society’. Before the amendment. an  ‘seciety ‘ ”<\/p>\n
was clefined as under: I  _  A __ u
\n“Assisted Society mearts a:\u00ab1._teo~op”e1j\u00e9t.iye:
\nsociety which has reeeit\/e~c:t the’-..Gcver31;i\ufb01.entVV
\nassistance in the form of  Capit\u00e9{i’.0f’io}an’:Qr
\ngrant or guarante\u00e9;y_fo1*  of lean
\ninterest.”  t t  2 V t’<\/p>\n
 come into force w.e.f.\n<\/p>\n
3.11.20(f9_? theuzc\ufb01-gi”A.t:\u00a2,t;ve1*:tf1t;_e1it;’ has been substituted by<\/p>\n
the words ‘C:C–‘ze1″h,1nent.’ot*’State’. The de\ufb01nition of the<\/p>\n
” ‘~ ,.exp1f_essiQ_1:t ‘A_ssist\u00e9’d Society’ w.e.f. 3.1 1.2009 is as under:<\/p>\n
 _”‘AssAtsted.VSociety means a cooperative society”
\n “itgis_’.:1’eceived the Government or State
\n” ..”Vassi.st2t:rT1_ee in the form of share Capital or loan or<\/p>\n
u”g;*2i’nt,  guarantee for repayment of loan 01′<\/p>\n
V .  interest.”\n<\/p>\n
\ufb02wwww-.u~
\n4<\/span>
\nr” <4.3mw"\n<\/p>\n
12<\/span><\/p>\n
9. This Court in H. RAVEENDRA AND or.\u00a71*eRs’__’___v*S_.__”‘ <\/p>\n
STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS   _.\n<\/p>\n
6796\/2007 disposed of on 5.1 1.2oh7);
\nvalidity of the nomination of its Ifepre\u00e9senttativesthy.
\nGovernment to the managing c\u00a7im\u00a7_”1:1,\u00a2e of” to
\nthe amendment of Sectien”~2_(a–  In  said Case,
\nthe Ziita Panchayath had’g’;1=a;1{\u00e9’\u00a71i1\u00a7 s.tgm.A*.’gf’11Rs.30,000\/– to
\nthe Society   held that the
\nassistance vwould not make it a
\ngrant   not the ease of the
\nGovernrnent tthdat a sum of Rs.30,000\/~ by<\/p>\n
way of _1oan’1’o.r the Ljonstrt.1f:t,ion of the building. Therefore,<\/p>\n
 the  in qt1e”si.ion.is not an assisted society. The State<\/p>\n
Go.vei=i.11I’ir:;1*It.has -no power to nominate its representatives to<\/p>\n
the Vtdajapears that the said decision is the main<\/p>\n
‘.f:*easoI1..fo1″ amending the definition of the expression<\/p>\n
= .   f’Assis.ted VSoeiei.y’.\n<\/p>\n
13<\/span><\/p>\n
10. Section 29(1) of the Act aiithorises the State<\/p>\n
Government to nominate its 1’ep1’eseritatives<\/p>\n
cominittee of any society. The word ‘Govemment'” -5rVet’e1f1’iectl to <\/p>\n
in the definition of ‘assisted society’ is t.1ie'”.’*3tate C;}o.V:en’_imVe;nt’ <\/p>\n
exercising administrative or executive1autho1’ity.lv_~It”doesBlot ”<\/p>\n
include local or other autho1’iti’e:sTI’–.’l’hat ‘\u00a7S vVl1:._,\\_.’ “word
\n‘State’ has been i.ncludVed.__Ain Elie  “”Wl”l’iCl’1l in the
\ncontext includes not only  but also the
\nlocal authorities  ‘well  which include
\nthe ‘instrumenta._lities’Il*_V_Qi- inf t_heWState or bodies or
\ninst.ituti:onlsf  functions of the
\ngovernrnentlal   authority is a 1’ep1’esent;ative<\/p>\n
body, Whichizlclvtides  Panchayath. It is an institution<\/p>\n
 ._of  se1l’~govei9nn1.e1_1t’in the rural area. If a co–operative<\/p>\n
society i*ecci\ufb01=es’ assistance in the form of share capital or<\/p>\n
1oan’o1l’ g1’an’t= of guarantee for repayment of loan or interest<\/p>\n
fi’ror11 th.elStat:e, local authorities such as Zilla Panchayath or<\/p>\n
2..fothe:*…\u00a2at1thorities after the amendment of Section 2{a–i] by<\/p>\n
*   of 2010 w.e.i’. 3.11.2009, it can be treated as an<\/p>\n
2<\/span>
\n2<\/span><\/p>\n
{{0wVV’nIW<\/p>\n
‘_ gg
\nW<\/p>\n
_)\u00a7\u00bb Oowezd
\nV; CI (2 C’..\u20ac?\u00bbw’ t”\n<\/p>\n
(:7 imtg Y” (tn:\u00a7Q…c\u00a3<\/p>\n
?rwo 52.010 1<\/p>\n
%;99 ~\u00ab–Hr0t\\”}Q.V\u20ac’fi
\n‘assisted soeietiy’,@)\ufb02Fo’xridedithe noniination should be made<\/p>\n
within a 1’\u20acE1SO11ab1\u20ac time from the date of providing. the<\/p>\n
assistance.\n<\/p>\n
11. in the instant: case, the Zilla p8I’1ICh:\u00e9\ufb0233\u00a3it}i: had!”  <\/p>\n
given the grant of Rs.3,00,000\/– in the ye.aff:v.1’ss2i…and’~1 T<\/p>\n
which is clear from Annexures’–R_.1 toV”R”3i
\nperiod, the word ‘State’ was not  of  of the
\nexpression ‘Assisted    of the
\nrespondents that the received the<\/p>\n
aSSiSiaH(3’\u20ac”‘f:[‘G.}fIi.’ih6’\u00a33118’PElf1Ch8oy3.’t}’1V’vaft\u20ac1″ the amendment of<\/p>\n
Section t2′{a–“.lj.  pteheeived by the Society some<\/p>\n
time in the  vctannot._t5e\u00ab.t5aken into account for treating it<\/p>\n
 as an”\u00e9LsSis’ted soc’iety_.____The nomination under section 29(1) of<\/p>\n
 sho.:,1’1dt’E1ave been made within a reasonable period<\/p>\n
f]’Ofl,A”1.’t~t’~”J.’6 ..oiif:=feceipt. of the assistance. Since time is not<\/p>\n
~Vst.ipu1atied’v.ain’f the statute, the power to nominate the<\/p>\n
 ‘:i”TJf’l\u20ac\u00a7’iTib\u00a7\u00a71’S should be exercised within a reasonable time from<\/p>\n
 date of rendering assistance. It is relevant to note here<\/p>\n
15<\/span><\/p>\n
that while defining the expression ‘assisted society’. present<\/p>\n
perfect tense has been used. which clearly indicates~-that: <\/p>\n
assistance must have been received in the in1n1e.dia1;_e’~past*–\u00ab<\/p>\n
and not at any time in the past: Thl’ \u00ab.\u00a2”‘\u00abrdina.l_.V ‘r_Lu1lVe”‘l’oi’<\/p>\n
Construction of statute is to readthe statute liteieally; that  ‘V<\/p>\n
by giving to the words ‘*0rdinary_;  and
\ngrammatical meaning unles\u00e9s tI:tat”leadsllVlto._sorne Vabstirdity or
\nthe Words are susciptible   the instant
\ncase, the literal apbarent absurdity
\nand therefore’,   compelling reason for
\ndeparting’  elonstruction. A Division
\nBench oi’.thlis_  t  SEETHEARAM BHAT Vs.<\/p>\n
STATE 01%” reported in ILR 1993 KAR 2413<\/p>\n
 V. has V_tal:eV1}A simila1′.Vi_e_wv, which is as under:<\/p>\n
 ‘  in the instant case, the State
\n go*.–,i’ei’11theI1t’, ceased to be a share holder because
\nLhe__Alsubse1’ipLion made to the share capital has<\/p>\n
A ‘-been returned. It cannot be considered that the
\n“State Government continties to be a member or<\/p>\n
E<\/p>\n
 v t_veosttS’.’:’\u00ab:. I __ ‘<\/p>\n
.16<\/p>\n
it can be deemed to be a member only because
\nat some time past the State Government had
\nsubscribed to the share Capital.”\n<\/p>\n
[emphasis supplied by me)<\/p>\n
12. In the light of the above discussion, M<\/p>\n
View that the nomination made by Lhe”State’,G0V\u20aci’1:*TDeVnt.dash”x<\/p>\n
per the order at Anr1exure–D datedhl <\/p>\n
authority of law. The Writ pending are”aeeordi’rigi}f”\u00e9Li1oi2ired
\nand the order at A1111e:s;t1re~D ‘i–1_.08.’2″0–1OA is} hereby<\/p>\n
quashed. Liberty is reserved–.to  to challenge<\/p>\n
the Va1id’i’tey’i’o\u00a3;t\u00a7i1e \u00e9iez-c::dn._or re-:s”p”o’1’i’dent Nos.7 and 8 as the
\nAdhyakshha: emd _  of the 3″‘ respondent
\nbefore the eo;;ripet.eri__t \u00e9t:iiti1.ority in accordance with law. No<\/p>\n
Sd\/…*
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