IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6814 of 2006 Youth Welfare Society through its Chairman Rakesh Kumar Singh son of Late Tripurari Singh resident of village Dinkar Nagar Lakhibagh P.S. Buniyadganj District Gaya …. …… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Inspector General of Registration, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. Asst. Inspector General of Registration, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. Dy. Inspector General of Registration, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. District Magistrate, Patna …. … Respondents ----------- 02/ 07.04.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State, who has filed counter affidavit in the matter, but the same has not been appended with the record of this case, in the circumstances, this Court is proceeding to hear the matter without the benefit of the counter affidavit. 2. Petitioner is a Society registered under the Indian Societies Act. This writ petition has been filed questioning the correctness of the order dated 15.6.2005, Annexure-4 to this application, whereunder Inspector General, Registration, Bihar has cancelled the registration of the petitioner Society on various grounds, including the ground that the Society does not have office premises of its own. 3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner, 2 with reference to the averments made in paragraph 12 of the writ petition, that the impugned order dated 15.6.2005, Annexure-4 was passed without giving the petitioner any opportunity of being heard. 4. In reply to the aforesaid assertion in paragraph 12 of the writ petition, it is submitted by the counsel for the State that notice issued to the petitioner was returned un-served. In the light of the service report, it was presumed that petitioner does not have any office premises of its own. 5. Such conclusion, in my opinion, is not required to be arrived at only on the basis of the service report as it is well known that on account of postal vagaries notices are not always served. In the circumstances, before passing the impugned order dated 15.6.2005, Annexure-4, Inspector General, Registration, Bihar should have taken further steps for ensuring service of notice on the petitioner through other modes. 6. Accordingly, I set aside the impugned order dated 15.6.2005, Annexure-4 directing the petitioner to appear before the Inspector General, 3 Registration, Bihar along with a copy of my order so as to enable the Inspector General, Registration, Bihar to serve on the petitioner copy of the notice indicating the grounds on which he is proposing to cancel the registration of the petitioner with direction to the petitioner to file his reply within a reasonable time not exceeding 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice and thereafter to pass final order as early as possible, in any case within two months from the date of receipt of the reply filed by the petitioner. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)