PUNE: In a setback to the Congress MLC Satej Patil-led panel, the Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant an interim stay on the state government’s ordinance allowing the appointment of nominated directors to the Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union, popularly known as Gokul. The court also allowed the four nominated directors to vote in the election of the new chairman.
The election will be held on November 10, with all 25 elected directors and the four government-nominated directors eligible to exercise their franchise. The ballot box with the ballot papers must be preserved by the authorities as it could be needed for further hearings on the issue by the court,” said Ganbawale, adding that the next hearing in the case will take place on November 25. Justice Neeraj Dhote further rejected the panel’s plea to defer the chairman’s election until the final disposal of its petition. “The court has directed that there should be a separate ballot box where the four nominated directors will cast their votes.
Welcoming the court’s order, NCP cabinet minister Hassan Mushrif said the votes of the four nominated directors would be counted in deciding the winner of the chairman’s election.
