IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL THOMAS
MONDAY, THE 04TH DAY OF JANUARY 2021 / 14TH POUSHA, 1942
WP(C).No.24314 OF 2020(L)
PETITIONERS:
1 ARAYOOR SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. NO. 692
ARAYOOR, NEYYATINKARA,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695122,
REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY IN CHARGE.
2 THE MANAGING COMMITTEE OF
ARAYOOR SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LITD NO.692,
ARAYOOR, NEYYATINKARA,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695122,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT.
BY ADVS.
SRI.P.N.MOHANAN
SMT.AMRUTHA SURESH
SRI.C.P.SABARI
RESPONDENTS:
1 THE JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES
(GENERAL)
OFFICE OF THE JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETIES,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001.
2 JUNIOR INSPECTOR TO THE
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETIES(G), KATTAKADA,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695572
(APPOINTED UNDER SECTION 66 OF THE KCS ACT).
R1-2 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER
SR.GP BIMAL K NATH
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
04.01.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No.24314 OF 2020
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JUDGMENT
Dated this the 4th day of January 2021 The petitioner Society and the Managing Committee have jointly challenged Exhibit P5 order issued by the Joint Registrar General, Thiruvananthapuram. It is disclosed therein that, pursuant to the inspection conducted under Section 66 of the Co- Operative Societies Act, the Assistant Registrar General has appointed an Inquiry Officer. The Inquiry Officer was directed to file a report within one month. A copy of the report under Section 66 of the Co-operative Societies Act was also transmitted.
2. Evidently, the present stage is only one of an Inquiry under Section 68(1) of the Co-operative Societies Act. The petitioners cannot be considered as aggrieved person at this stage.
3. Having considered this, I am inclined to dispose of the writ petition itself, reserving the right of the aggrieved person to raise objections, if WP(C).No.24314 OF 2020 3 a notice under Section 68(2) of Co-operative Societies Act is issued to him.
This writ petition is disposed of accordingly.
Sd/-
SUNIL THOMAS JUDGE Jms //True Copy// P.A to Judge WP(C).No.24314 OF 2020 4 APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 17.04.2018 OF THE FIRST RESPONDENT.
EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 14.08.2020 IN WPC NO. 15033/2018. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE ENQUIRY SUBMITTED BY THE SECOND RESPONDENT TO THE FIRST RESPONDENT. EXHIBIT P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT AS REPORTED IN 1997 (2) KLT 85.
EXHIBIT P5 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 22.10.2020 OF THE FIRST RESPONDENT.
EXHIBIT P6 A TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT AS REPORTED IN 1990(1)KLT 594.
//True Copy// P.A to Judge