Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 16929 Guj
Judgement Date : 27 October, 2021
C/SCA/16330/2021 ORDER DATED: 27/10/2021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 16330 of 2021
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 16332 of 2021
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BINABEN GHANSHYAMBHAI PATEL
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT,THE REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES
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Appearance:
MR. MANOJ T DANAK(6264) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,2,3,4
for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BHARGAV D. KARIA
Date : 27/10/2021
COMMON ORAL ORDER
Heard learned advocate Mr.Manoj T. Danak for the petitioners.
1. Learned advocate Mr.Danak has placed on record only two documents i.e. copy of the Award dated 3rd January, 2019 and a copy of the auction Notice dated 22nd September, 2021. Learned advocate Mr.Danak has not placed on record the relevant documents of the loan advanced by the respondent No.4-Bank and record which was produced by the respondent No.4-Bank before the Board of Nominees as stated in the judgment passed by the Board of Nominees at page No.14.
2. It is contended by learned advocate Mr.Danak that the petitioner No.1 is a widow having three minor children and she does not have any of the
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documents with her.
3. Learned advocate Mr.Danak has also submitted that the Board of Nominees could not have pass the impugned Judgment and Decree in the year 2019 in view of the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in case of M. Babu Rao V/s. Seputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies / Officer on Special Duty, Vasavi Co-Op. Urban Bank Ltd., Malakpet, Hyderabad1 as the appropriate remedy for the respondent No.4 would be under the provision of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002.
4. However, it is pertinent to note that though the petitioner No.1 has not produced relevant documents on record, there is an alternative efficacious remedy available to the petitioner No.1 to challenge the Judgment and Decree passed by the Board of Nominees before the Gujarat State Co-Operative Tribunal under provisions of Gujarat Co-Operative Societies Act, 1961 to raise the contentions which are raised in these petitions.
5. It is also apparent from the record produced by the petitioner No.1 that sale notice was issued on 22nd September, 2021 by the Sale Officer of the respondent No.4. The petitioner No.1 has not explained the delay of more than one month to
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approach this Court as these petitions are filed on 24th October, 2021.
6. In view of the above facts, no indulgence can be shown at this stage and the petitioners, if aggrieved, can file appropriate proceedings before the Gujarat State Co-Operative Tribunal and the proceedings which are initiated for the sale of the property by the notice dated 22nd September, 2021 shall be subject to outcome of the proceedings if filed by the petitioners.
7. With the aforesaid observation, the petitions are disposed of.
(BHARGAV D. KARIA, J) PALAK
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