Amar Jeet And ORS v. Registrar Of Cooperative Society And ANR

$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 12288/2025 & CM APPL. 50080/2025, CM APPL. 50081/2025 AMAR JEET AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Ravi Gupta, Sr. Adv. with Mr.

Chirag Alagh, Mr. R.K. Gupta, Ms.

Muskan Mehra, Advs.

versus REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETY AND ANR .....Respondents Through:

Mr. Satish Kumar Gupta, Asst. RCS with Ms. Urvi Mohan, Adv. for R1/RCS

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 14.08.2025 1.

On 02nd February 2024, the order directing inquiry against the Managing Committee came to be set aside with directions given to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to conduct inquiry afresh after affording an opportunity of hearing.

2.

It is the contention of the learned senior counsel for the petitioners that the Administrator came to be appointed without affording an opportunity of hearing or without issue of Show Cause Notice. 3.

The aforesaid factual position is borne out of the record and also not The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/08/2025 at 13:46:21

disputed by the learned counsel for the respondent no.1/Registrar of Cooperative Society ('RCS'), upon instructions from Mr. Satish Kumar Gupta, Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Society, 4.

In that view of the matter, the order impugned appointing the Administrator is hereby quashed and set aside. 5.

We permit the respondents to take recourse to the appropriate proceedings in view of the observations made in paragraph 18 of the Order dated 02nd February, 2024 passed by the Financial Commissioner afresh. 6.

Needless to clarify that the proceedings must receive with an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.

7.

The petition, accordingly, stands partly allowed in the above terms. 8.

Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. 9.

Order be uploaded on the website of this Court. NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE, J SAURABH BANERJEE, J AUGUST 14, 2025/ab/sp The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/08/2025 at 13:46:21