Karnataka High Court
Amar S/O Mallappa Hukkeri vs The State Of Karnataka on 28 September, 2020
Author: S.R. Krishna Kumar
Bench: S.R. Krishna Kumar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
DHARWAD BENCH
DATED THIS THE 28 T H DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2020
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.R. KRISHNA KUMAR
W.P.Nos.122807-913/2020(CS-EL/M)
BETWEEN:
1 AMAR S/O MALLAPPA HUKKERI
AGE: 23 years, Occ: Agriculture
R/o: NERLI Mem No. 824 SI. No 650
2 MAHADEVI W/o SATAPPA HUKKERI
AGE: 60 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No. 382 Sl No 314
3 LAXMI W/O SHIVALING HUKKERI
AGE:54 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 242 Sl No 204
4 LAXMIBAI W/O ISHWAR KHOT
AGE 66 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 217 Sl No 185
5 SUDHA W/O CHIDANAND KHOT
AGE 32 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 503 Sl No 419
2
6 SANGEETA W/O BAJARANG HANABARA
AGE 34 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 420 Sl No 349
7 ANAND S/O DUNDAPPA KHOT
AGE 30 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 681 Sl No 549
8 SANGEETA W/O PRAKASH KHOT
AGE 27 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 670 Sl No 541
9 SHANAVVA W/O DUNDAPPA KHOT
AGE 55 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 675 Sl No 544
10 SUSHILA W/O RAVSAB KHOT
AGE 57 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 671 Sl No 542
11 LAXMIBAI W/O CHANDRAPPA KHOT
AGE 55 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 679 Sl No 547
12 MOHAN S/O LAXMANNA KHOT
AGE 48 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 367 Sl No 300
13 MUTTESH S/O SUBHASH KHOT
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AGE 28 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 683 Sl No 551
14 SUNITA W/O MADHU KHOT
AGE 44 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 392 Sl No 324
15 LATA W/O SURESH KHOT
AGE 42 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 395 Sl No 327
16 SHEELA W/O ASHOK KHOT
AGE 48 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 394 Sl No 326
17 SANGEETA W/O SHIVANAND KHOT
AGE 32 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 668 Sl No 539
18 SUDHA W/O CHANDRAKANT KHOT
AGE 28 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 669 Sl No 540
19 CHANDRAKANT S/O SHIVAPUTRA KHOT
AGE 36 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 369 Sl No 302
20 ROOPA W/O KALLAPPA KHOT
AGE 36 years, Occ: Agriculture
4
AT: NERLI Mem No 677 Sl No 545
21 KALLAPPA S/O LAXMAN KHOT
AGE 43 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 370 Sl No 303
22 KALLAVVA W/O SHIVAPUTRA KHOT
AGE 60 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 667 Sl No 538
23 PARAVVA W/O LAXMAN KHOT
AGE 68 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 678 Sl No 546
24 BASAVARAJ S/O PARSHURAM KAMMAR
AGE 43 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 398 Sl No 330
25 KASTURI W/O NINGAPPA JAGNURI
AGE 65 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 389 Sl No 321
26 MAHADEVI W/O SHIVAPPA JERLI
AGE 56 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 684 Sl No 552
27 RAJU S/O YALLAPPA KHOT
AGE 46 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 380 Sl No 312
5
28 ANIL S/O BABU KHOT
AGE 39 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 506 Sl No 421
29 SUNIL S/O ISHWAR KHOT
AGE 36 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 393 Sl No 325
30 BASAVARAJ S/O RAVSAB KHOT
AGE 34 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 365 Sl No 298
31 PRAKASH S/O RAVSAB KHOT
AGE 37 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 680 Sl No 548
32 SHIVANAND S/O SHIVAPUTRA KHOT
AGE 40 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 366 Sl No 299
33 RAVINDRA S/O SHIVAPUTRA KHOT
AGE 36 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 364 Sl No 297
34 MUTTESH S/O MARUTI KHOT
AGE 30 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 682 Sl No 550
35 RENUKA W/O BASAVARAJ KHOT
AGE 25 years, Occ: Agriculture
6
AT: NERLI Mem No 672 Sl No 543
36 SAVITA W/O SUDHIR PATIL
AGE 41 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 274 Sl No 226
37 HEMA W/O SUNIL PATIL
AGE 43 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 273 Sl No 225
38 PREMA W/O MAHADEV SHEDBADE
AGE 52 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 295 Sl No 244
39 PRATIBHA W/O SATISH SHEDBADE
AGE 45 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 297 Sl No 246
40 MAHANAND S/O VIJAY SHEDBADE
AGE 68 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 298 Sl No 247
41 SATISH S/O VIJAY SHEDBADE
AGE 55 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 238 Sl No 200
42 MALLIKARJUN S/O BHIMAPPA KHANAPURE
AGE 52 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 418 Sl No 348
43 APPASAB S/O SIDDAPPA KHADAKI
AGE 61 years, Occ: Agriculture
7
AT: NERLI Mem No 126 Sl No 112
44 MAHADEVI W/O APPASAB KHADEKI
AGE 50 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 315 Sl No 257
45 BALAVVA W/O LAGAMANNA KHADEKI
AGE 52 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 316 Sl No 258
46 RAJASHEKHAR S/O CHANAMALLAYYA
HANDIGOLMATH
AGE 55 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 275 Sl No 227
47 SHIVANAND S/O CHANAMALLAYYA HANDIGOLMATH
AGE 52 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 277 Sl No 229
48 ASHWINI W/O RAJASHEKHAR HANDIGOLMATH
AGE 48 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 276 Sl No 228
49 RAJESHWARI W/O SHIVANAND HANDIGOLMATH
AGE 40 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 405 Sl No 337
50 SUBHASH S/O APPAJI ASWALE
AGE 52 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 340 Sl No 277
51 SURESH S/O APPASAB KHOT
AGE 48 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 186 Sl No 167
8
52 JYOTEPPA S/O KALLAPPA LABBI
AGE 56 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 181 Sl No 163
53 ANAND S/O KALLAPPA LABBI
AGE 60 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 183 Sl No 165
54 BHEEMAPPA S/O VEERABHADRA LATTI
AGE 43 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 498 Sl No 415
55 MARUTI S/O MALLAPPA ARABALLI
AGE 51 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 313 Sl No 255
56 SANJAY S/O BASAVANNI SANKAPAL
AGE 45 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 280 Sl No 231
57 BIKKU S/O APPAJI ASWALE
AGE 57 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 149 Sl No 132
58 BHARAT S/O KALLAPPA LABBI
AGE 41 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 259 Sl No 221
59 RAMACHANDRA S/O GOVINDRAO INAMADAR
AGE 71 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 352 Sl No 287
60 NARAYAN S/O GOVINDRAO INAMADAR
AGE 64 years, Occ: Agriculture
9
AT: NERLI Mem No 353 Sl No 288
61 SUBHASH S/O SANTRAM BHOI
AGE 60 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 155 Sl No 137
62 DASTAGIR S/O MEERSAB SANKESHWARI
AGE 57 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 346 Sl No 282
63 VIJAY S/O MAHADEV BHOVI
AGE 46 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 581 Sl No 480
64 RAFIQ S/O IBRAHIM MAKANDAR
AGE 51 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 373 Sl No 305
65 BASAVANNI S/O JYOTEPPA SURYAVANSHI
AGE 64 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 338 Sl No 275
66 PRAMEEN S/O BHEEMAJI ASWALE
AGE 30 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 427 Sl No 354
67 GANGAYYA S/O ISHWARAYYA KALOLLIMATH
AGE 66 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 444 Sl No 365
68 BASAVARAJ S/O BHEEMAPPA JANUPANTH
AGE 56 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 104 Sl No 91
69 DUNDAPPA S/O SHIVAPPA JARALI
AGE 56 years, Occ: Agriculture
10
AT: NERLI Mem No 343 Sl No 280
70 CHETAN S/O MOHAN SURYAVANSHI
AGE 30 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 769 Sl No 605
71 JYOTEPPA S/O APPANNA GHORPADE
AGE 65 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 23 Sl No 19
72 SADASHIV S/O BASAVANNI SHENDORI
AGE 54 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 676 Sl No 553
73 SHIVANAND S/O GANGADHAR SHENDORI
AGE 56 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 303 Sl No 248
74 BASAVANNI S/O SHANKAR DINNIMANI
AGE 58 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 175 Sl No 157
75 BABU S/O SHANKAR JARALI
AGE 64 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 237 Sl No 199
76 APPASAB S/O IRAPPA LABBI
AGE 55 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 341 Sl No 278
77 KEDAR S/O APPAJI KESARAKAR
AGE 64 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 450 Sl No 371
78 KALAVATI W/O PARSHURAM KAMMAR
11
AGE 64 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 438 Sl No 359
79 SHIVANAND S/O ISHWARAYYA KALLOLIMATH
AGE 54 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 611 Sl No 496
80 ARJUN S/O SIDDRAM KAMMAR
AGE 45 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 439 Sl No 360
81 SHIVANAND S/O PARSHURAM KAMMAR
AGE 47 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 437 Sl No 358
82 KASHINATH S/O VEERAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 34 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 482 Sl No 400
83 VEERAPPA S/O KASHAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 70 years, Occ: Agriculture,
AT: NERLI Mem No 239 Sl No 201
84 SUMITRA W/O VEERAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 65 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 240 Sl No 202
85 SUHASINI W/O BHEEMRAO JADAV
AGE 42 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 575 Sl No 476
86 RAJALAXMI W/O SHAHAJIRAO JADHAV
AGE 35 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 577 Sl No 478
87 NANDADEVI W/O BALLASAB JADHAV
AGE 68 years, Occ: Agriculture
12
AT: NERLI Mem No 576 Sl No 477
88 BALASAB S/O BHEEMRAO JADHAV
AGE 90 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 11 Sl No 9
89 BASAVARAJ G. LATTI
AGE 38 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 249 Sl No 211
90 RAVINDRA S/O BASAVANNI LATTI
AGE 44 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 248 Sl No 210
91 SHIVANAND M. LATTI
AGE 41 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 252 Sl No 214
92 SHAKUNTALA W/O MALLAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 55 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 243 Sl No 205
93 SUWARNA W/O CHENNAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 42 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 245 Sl No 207
94 SANGEETA W/O GANGAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 32 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 465 Sl No 385
95 SATEVVA W/O MALLAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 68 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 244 Sl No 206
96 JAYASHREE W/O SHIVALING LATTI
AGE 40 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 593 Sl No 484
13
97 APPANNA S/O SHRIMANT LATTI
AGE 35 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 768 Sl No 604
98 CHENNAPPA S/O MALLAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 50 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No.247 Sl No. 209
99 GANGADHAR S/O MALLAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 43 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 246 Sl No 208
100 CHINNAPPA S/O SHIVABASAPPA LATTI
AGE 64 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 385 Sl No 317
101 SATAPPA S/O SHIVABASAPPA LATTI
AGE 60 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 386 Sl No 318
102 BASAVARAJ S/O SATTAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 34 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 387 Sl No 319
103 MALLAPPA S/O SHANKAR JARALI
AGE 54 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 311 Sl No 253
104 SHIVALING S/O KASHAPPA HUKKERI
AGE 57 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 241 Sl No 203
105 SACHIN S/O SHIVALING HUKKERI
AGE 26 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 794 Sl No 629
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106 VEERABHADRA S/O KALLAPPA NAGANNAVAR
AGE 54 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 379 Sl No 311
107 ASHOK S/O CHANNAPPA GURAV
AGE 42 years, Occ: Agriculture
AT: NERLI Mem No 633 Sl No 513
Petitioners
(BY SRI. JAGADISH PATIL, ADVOCATE)
AND:
1. The State of Karnataka
Department of Co-operation
M.S.Building, Bengaluru.
2. The Karnataka Co-operative Election Commission
3rd Floor, Shantinagar, T.T.M.C, "A" Block,
Shantinagar, Bangaluru-560027.
Rep. by its Secretary.
3. The Registrar of Co-operative Societies,
Government of Karnataka,
No.1, Ali-Askar Road, Bangaluru-560052.
4. District Election Officer and Deputy Registrar
of Co-Operative Societies,
Belagavi, Dist: Belagavi.
5. The Returning Officer,
The Primary Agriculture Co-operative Society
R/o: Nerli, Tal: Hukkeri,
Dist: Belagavi.
6. The Primary Agriculture Co-operative Society
R/o: Nerli, Tal: Hukkeri,
Dist: Belagavi.
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By its Chief Executive Officer
Respondents
(BY SRI. RAMESH CHIGARI, HCGP FOR R1 & R3)
(BY SRI. H.L. HAVARAGI, ADV. FOR R2, 4 AND R5)
(R6-SERVED)
THESE WRIT PET ITIONS ARE FILED UNDER
ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF
INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF APPROPRIATE
NATURE AND DECLARE THAT SEC. 20(2)(A-IV) OF THE
KARNATAKA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT IS ULTRA
VIRES OF ARTICLE 243ZI AND 243ZO OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, 1950, IN THE INTEREST OF
JUSTICE AND EQUITY & ETC.
THESE PETITIONS COMING ON FOR
PRELIMINARY HEA RING B GROUP THIS DAY, THE
COURT , MADE THE FOLLOWIN G:
ORDER
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondents.
2. Both counsel submit that the issues in controversy in these petitions are squarely covered by the earlier decisions of co-
ordinate benches of this Court in the cases of
(i) Shekappa s/o Shivappa Saravand and others V/s State of Karnataka, W.P.No.136699/2020 and connected matters dated 28.02.2020;
16(ii) Chapparadahalli Vageesh and others V/s State of Karnataka, W.P. Nos.138960-139031/2020 dated 11.03.2020;
(iii) Tadakal Woman Milk Producers Co-
operative Society Limited and others V/s State of Karnataka and others, W.P.Nos.204109-113/2018 and connected matters dated 13.03.2020.
3. Under these circumstances, these petitions are also disposed off in terms of the aforesaid decisions in Shekappa's case, Chapparadahalli Vageesh's case and Tadakal Woman Milk Producers Co-
operative Society Limited's case supra.
Ordered accordingly.
Sd/-
JUDGE JTR