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4. The 4th respondent is appointed for conducting elections within the State of Kerala and 6th respondent for the Pathanamthitta District Congress Committee [DCC]. The petitioner is said to be the Vice-President of the 5th respondent, District Congress Committee [DCC] of Pathanamthitta. Despite the guidelines for organizational election as seen from Exhibit P6, the respondents 4 and 6 did nothing to go ahead with the election process. The leaders of the political party are opposing the organizational election and are attempting to share organizational posts among the different factions. Not even the preliminary voters list was published and there is an attempt by both the 4th and 6th respondents to select candidates by a consensus. It is  also alleged that the 3rd respondent has given direction to the DCC's within Kerala to forward list of 2 persons from each booth and a list of DCC members from each Block Congress Committee. The petitioner, hence, seeks a mandamus to the respondents 1 to 6 to conduct organizational elections within the State of Kerala in accordance with Exhibits P1 and P6 and restrain the said respondents from filling up the post of elected members and elected office bearers except in accordance with the elections as stipulated in Exhibits P1 and P6. A writ of mandamus is also sought to the 7th respondent, the Election Commission, to take appropriate decision on Exhibit P12, a complaint; the subject of which is the un-democratic manner in which the organizational elections of Indian National Congress is conducted; while its constitution profess otherwise.