Ravindra Kuber Walawade v. Sangli District Chemist And Druggist Association And ORS

wpst-8517-2019

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (ST.)NO. 8517 OF 2019 Ravindra K. Walawade ..

Petitioner.

v/s.

Sangli District Chemist and Druggist Association, Sangli & Others ..

Respondents.

Mr. Kuldeep U. Nikam, for the Petitioner.

Mr. Umesh Mankapure, for the Respondent No.1. Ms. Rati Sinhasane and Mr. R. A. Naik, for the Respondent No.2. Mr. Y. S. Khochare, AGP for the Respondent­State. CORAM: A.S.OKA & M.S.SANKLECHA, JJ.

DATE : 26th MARCH, 2019.

P.C:­ Perused prayer clause (a) of this Petition, which is the only substantive relief sought in the Petition.

Firstly, the Petition proceeds on the footing that election of the 1st Respondent which is a Society registered under the Societies' Registration Act, 1860 and a deemed Public Charitable Trust under the Maharashtra Public Trust Act, 1950, will not conduct it affairs in accordance with law. Secondly, the 1st Respondent is not a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India and thirdly, in any case, no interference is called for in the process of election of the 1st Respondent.

S.R.JOSHI

Hence, we decline to entertain this Petition and the Same is rejected.

All contentions raised by the Petitioner are kept open, which can be agitated by the Petitioner before the appropriate Authority at appropriate stage in accordance with law.

(M.S.SANKLECHA,J.) (A.S.OKA,J.) S.R.JOSHI