S MOUNASWAMINATHAN Vs. ANURADHA BALAJI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal is directed against the order of the learned Single Judge passed in an interlocutory application filed by the plaintiff in the suit (first respondent herein) for a direction against the second respondent/Election Officer to receive the second nomination form of the plaintiff (first respondent herein) and to include her candidature as one of the contestants for the post of Executive Committee Member in respect of the election to DRT/DRAT Bar Association that took place on 24.4.2012.

(2.) IN the suit filed by the plaintiff (first respondent herein), the relief claimed is to declare the act of the first defendant in the suit (second respondent herein), namely the Election Officer, in not accepting the second nomination form of the plaintiff (first respondent herein) for her candidature for election to the post of Executive Committee Member of DRT/DRAT Bar Association, Chennai with regard to the election held on 24.4.2012 as null and void and for a direction against the Election Officer to receive the plaintiff's nomination.

(3.) IT is also not in dispute that in furtherance of the said order, the Election Officer has conducted the election and the results in respect of the posts, namely President, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian and Four Executive Committee Members were declared, except in respect of the first respondent herein (plaintiff in the suit), as per the order of this Court. The result of the election, as stated in the affidavit filed by the Election Officer, is as follows: I) PRESIDENT VOTES SECURED 1) G.DESINGU 246 2) K.A.RAMAKRISHNAN 188 Mr.G.DESINGU declared elected as President II) SECRETARY 1) S.MOUNASWAMYNATGHAN 200 2) M.S.SHANMUGHASUNDARAM 231 Mr.M.S.SHANMUGHASUNDARAM declared elected as Secretary III) TREASURER 1) V.GIRISHKUMAR 267 2) K.PURUSHOTHAMAN 162 Mr.V.GIRISHKUMAR declared elected as Treasurer IV) LIBRARIAN 1) R.BALACHANDAR 206 2) R.SUGUMARAN 220 Mr.R.SUGUMARAN declared elected as Librarian EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Y.T.ARAVIND GOSH 198 A.SAM ARUL PRASATH 196 ANTONY LOURDU XAVIER SELVAM 190 P.MURUGAN 182