Alok Kumar Shukla v. State Of Chhattisgarh
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 1868 of 2017 • Rakesh Kumar Tiwari S/o Late Moolchand Tiwari, Aged About 27 Years R/o Shubham Vihar, Mungeli Road, Bilaspur, District
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WPS No. 1870 Of 2017 • Ashish Kumar Sharma S/o. Rajendra Sharma, Aged About 31 Years R/o. Ward No. 1, Near Govt. Higher Secondary School, Baradwar, District Janjgir Champa (Chhattisgarh)
WPS No. 1878 Of 2017 • Alok Kumar Shukla S/o. Kamlesh Shukla, Aged About 27 Years R/o F-5, Parijat Colony, Nehru Nagar, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)
WPS No. 1872 Of 2017 • Sachin Kumar Chourasia S/o Deenanath Chourasia, Aged About 26 Years R/o Quarter No. B/ 75, Ompur, Post Rajgamar, Korba, District Korba (Chhattisgarh).
Bilaspur, (Chhattisgarh).
WPS No. 1871 Of 2017 • Sarita Pandey D/o. Yashwant Prasad Pandey, Aged About 25 Years R/o. D/127, Alakhnanda Vihar, C S E B Colony (West), Darri, Korba, District Korba (Chhattisgarh)
For Petitioner Mr. Manoj Paranjpe, Advocate For Respondent/State Ms. Sunita Jain & Mr. Arvind Dubey, Panel Lawyers, For Respondent/ District Cooperative Mr. Jitendra Shrivastava, Advocate Central Bank Ltd.
Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 20/4/2017
1. Heard.
2. After arguing for sometime, learned counsel for the petitioners, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw these petitions with liberty to move duly constituted dispute before the jurisdictional Registrar under Section 55(2) of the C.G. Cooperative Societies Act, 1960.
3. Learned State counsel would inform that as per the Notification issued by the Registrar, the term "Registrar" occurring in Section 55(2) would include the ofÏce of Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar.
4. Since the petitioners have been bonafidely litigating before this Court and thereafter, before the State Cooperative Tribunal, upon grant of liberty by this Court, if the petitioners
raise dispute under Section 55(2), the concerned Registrar shall entertain the dispute on merits without raising the plea of limitation.
5. Accordingly, the writ petitions are dismissed, as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty granted in favour of the petitioners.
6. The petitioners apprehend that the order of termination passed against the petitioners having its genesis in the enquiry report submitted by a team of Registrars, which in turn includes Additional Registrar or Joint Registrar, the persons, who were involved in the process of earlier enquiry, may not adjudicate the dispute with an open mind.
7. If the jurisdictional Deputy Registrar, before whom, the dispute would be raised by the petitioners pursuant to the termination order, was in any manner a party to the earlier enquiry, the petitioner would be at liberty to move an application before the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Chhattisgarh for transferring the dispute to any other Deputy Registrar or Joint Registrar in the State, who was not party to the earlier enquiry.
8. In such eventuality, the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Chhattisgarh, shall pass necessary orders to transfer the dispute to any other Deputy Registrar or Joint Registrar, who was not a party in the earlier enquiry.
9. At this stage, Mr. Mateen Siddique, learned counsel for the petitioners in WPS No.1820 of 2017 and other connected writ petitions, which were decided by a common order dated
18.04.2017, would appear and inform that this Court has disposed of the aforesaid writ petitions on 18.04.2017, however, the liberty to move application for transfer of the dispute, before the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Chhattisgarh, has not been allowed in favour of those petitioners.
10. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, it is directed that the liberty granted in the present petitions to move before the Registrar for transferring of the dispute to any other Deputy Registrar or Joint Registrar, shall also apply in WPS No.1820 of 2017 and other connected writ petitions, decided by a common order on 18.04.2017.
Sd/- Judge (Prashant Kumar Mishra) Shyna