ORDER : M.G. UMA, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Government Advocate for respondents No.1, 2, 3 and 5. 2. The petitioners are seeking issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus, declaring that the action of 4 th respondent society in treating the petitioners as ineligible to vote in the election scheduled to be held on 25.10.2025 to the Board of 4 th respondent society as bad and illegal; that it is not in conformity with sub-Rule (2-A) of Rule 13-D of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Rules; and to direct respondent No.4 to include their names in the eligible voters' list and permit them to cast votes in the election that was scheduled to be held on 25.10.2025, produced as per Annexure-A. 3. Learned Additional Government Advocate submits that, as per the interim order dated 24.10.2025, the petitioners were permitted to cast their votes in the election that was held on 25.10.2025 subject to final outcome of the petition. The petitioners have not raised dispute under Section 70 of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act (for short, 'the KCS Act'). before the appropriate authority and therefore, he prays for dismissal of the petition. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he has not raised dispute under Section 70 of the KCS Act in view of the urgency in the matter. 5. Now the purpose of the petitioners is served and they were permitted to cast votes in the election that was held on 25.10.2025. They will have the alternative remedy to raise dispute under Section 70 of the KCS Act before the appropriate authority. Under such circumstances, nothing is required to be considered by this Court bypassing Section 70 of the KCS Act. 6. Hence, the petition is disposed off , reserving liberty to the petitioners to approach the appropriate authority, raising dispute under Section 70, within two weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order . In the meantime, the Returning Officer-respondent No.5 is directed to announce the election result without counting the vote already cast by the petitioners, but preserving the same separately.