Jainandan Prasad Singh v. The Multi State Cooperative Land Development Bank Ltd. And ORS

Patna High Court CWJC No.24 of 2017 (2) dt.19-05-2017

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.24 of 2017 ====================================================== Jainandan Prasad Singh, S/o Late Hari Singh, Resident of village - Gagan, P.S. Akbarpur, District - Nawada, Presently residing at Panitanki Road Jhumari Tilaiya, P.S. Jhumri Tilaiya, District - Kodarma ( Jharkhand ) .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The Multi State Cooperative Land Development Bank Ltd. Bihar & Jharkhand, Budh Marg, Patna 1

2. The Chairman, Multi State Cooperative Land Development Bank Ltd., Budh Marg, Patna 1

3. The Managing Director, Multi State Cooperative Land Development Bank Ltd., Budh Marg, Patna 1

4. The Vigilance Office, Multi State Cooperative Land Development Bank Ltd., Budh Marg, Patna 1

5. The Chairman - Cum - Appellate Authority, Multi State Cooperative Land Development Bank Ltd., Budh Marg, Patna 1 .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Devendra Prasad Singh, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Rajesh Prasad Choudhary, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 19-05-2017 Heard Mr. Devendra Prasad Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Rajesh Prasad Choudhary, learned counsel for the Bank.

The petitioner is aggrieved by the punishment order passed by the Bihar State Land Development Bank, which is a society now registered under the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act.

The remedy for the petitioner thus would not lie in a writ jurisdiction and the writ petition is accordingly disposed of leaving it open for the petitioner to avail of the alternative remedy so available to him under the Statutes.

(Jyoti Saran, J) Surendra/- U