Jaswant Singh And Others v. Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab And Others

SHIVANI GUPTA 2020.02.06 11:54 CWP No. 1405 of 2020

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No. 1405 of 2020 Date of decision: 03.02.2020 Jaswant Singh and others ....Petitioner(s)

Versus

Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Punjab and others

...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S.SANDHAWALIA

Present:

Ms. Jagdeep Bains, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Ms. Kanica Sachdeva, AAG, Punjab.

G.S.SANDHAWALIA, J. (Oral) Written statement has been filed by the Deputy Registrar of the Cooperative Societies on behalf of respondents no. 1 to 3. It has been mentioned that the dispute pertains to the election of the Members of the Managing Committee, which was held on 07.01.2020. The same was duly conducted by the Returning Officer appointed by the competent authorities. Reference is made to Rule 12 of Appendix 'C' of the Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 that if any dispute arises in connection with the election of any officer of the Co-operative Society, it shall be referred within 90 days from the date of declaration of the result of such election to the Registrar in the same manner as provided in Rule 51 of the Rules. It is, thus, apparent that the petitioners have a remedy to approach the authorities to challenge the election which has been held. Faced with this situation, counsel for the petitioners does not press the present petition and prays for liberty to approach the competent authority to challenge the election which has been held.

CWP No. 1405 of 2020 Ordered accordingly.

It is expected that the authority shall take steps to ensure that the election petition is disposed of at the earliest in view of the guidelines issued by the State Government.

03.02.2020 (G.S. SANDHAWALIA) shivani JUDGE Whether reasoned/speaking Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No