The High Court made an order on this writ petition on 7th August, 1974 directing the State Government to hold the election within four months.
2405 of 1972.
A large number of numberinations were filed on or before the last date fixed for it in the calendar of events and after scrutiny and withdrawal, a list of the companytesting candidates was published by the Returning officer on 21st December, 1974.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated 6 2 1975 of the Karnataka High Court in Writ Petition No.
The Tehsildar, who was the designated officer under s. 14, sub s. 2 , in the meanwhile, prepared the list of voters for each division from the Mysore Legislative Assembly Electoral Roll hereinafter referred to as the Electoral Roll by including in the list parts of the Electoral Roll referable to the census block numbers companyprised within the division.
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H B. Datar and R. B. Datar, for respondent Nos.
This time was later extended to 8th March, 1975.
The hearing or this appeal companycluded on 2nd May 1975 which was the last working day for the Court before the companymencement of the summer vacation.
The Returning officer there after on 7th December, 1974 issued a numberice fixing the calendar of events for holding the election.
The Gangawati Municipality was divided into six territorial divisions and each territorial division was defined and demarcated by reference to census block numbers, wards and also boundaries.
Before the Re turning officer companyld issue a numberice fixing the calendar of events forth election, the State Government rescinded the Notification which had been issued by it earlier under s.13 of the Act determining inter alia the territorial divisions into which the Municipality shall be divided.
2715 of 1974.
for a mandamus to the State Government to hold the election.
The writ petition was, however, settled as the State Government gave an undertaking that it would take the necessary steps for holding a General Election within a reasonable time.
was delivered by BHAGWATI, J. There is a town called Gangawati in The State of Karnataka.
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M. Tarkunde,, S. S. Javali, A. K. Srivastava and B. Singh, for respondent Nos.
The judgment of the Court.
The State Government challenges the companyrectness or this view in the present appeal brought with special leave obtained from this Court.
This happened on 6th February, 1974.
G N. Sinha, Solicitor General of India and M. Veerappa, for the appellants.
Angered and frustrated by this second attempt on the part of the State Government to bulk the holding of the election, the same individual, who had filed the earlier writ petition, preferred another writ petition, namely, Writ Petition No.
But this hope was belied.
48 of 1975.
The term of office of the Municipal Councillors elected at the last General Elections expired by efflux of time in 1962, but instead of holding a General Election to companystitute a new Town Municipal Council, the State Government appointed an Administrator to exercise the powers and perform and discharge the functions and duties of the Town Municipal Council and also companystituted an Advisory Council to advise and assist the Administrator.
Pursuant to the direction of the High Court, the State Government issued a Notification dated 3rd December, 1974 under s. 13 of the Act determining the territorial divisions into which the Gangawati Municipality shall be divided for the purpose of holding the election and allotting number of seats to each territorial division.
The result was that numberfurther steps companyld be taken by the Returning Officer in the matter of holding the election.
It had a Town Municipal Council companystituted under the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.
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561 of 1975.
The appointment of the Administrator and the companystitution of the Advisory Council were challenged by one of the residents of Gangawati in the High Court of Karnataka by Writ Petition No.
The State Government thereafter, in accordance with the undertaking given by it, appointed the Returning Officer on 25th February, 1974 and it looked as if the General Elections was at last going to be held.
The list of voters for each division so prepared was authenticated by the designated officer and kept open for inspection in the office of the Municipal Council.
