1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION rpa WRIT PETITION NO. 229 OF 2010 Ashiqali Din Mohd Shaikh & Ors. .. Petitioners v/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. .... Mr. Anil Anturkar a/w. Mr. Omar Khaiyam Shaikh for the Petitioners. Mr. Vijay Thorat, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. G. V. Bhagwat i/b. Divekar & Co. for Respondent Nos. 5 and 6. Ms. L. S. Sathelkar, A.G.P. for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. Jagdish Reddy for Respondent No.3. .... CORAM : S.J. KATHAWALLA, J. DATE : FEBRUARY 3, 2010. P.C. The following order is passed by consent of the parties : :: O R D E R :: i. The impugned order dated 29th December, 2009 passed in Revision Application No. 708 of 2009, is set aside. 2 ii. Respondent No. 3 shall appoint an independent officer to act as an election officer/administrator for the purpose of holding fresh elections of Aman (Andheri) S.R.A. Co-operative Housing Society Limited, and to take charge of the affairs of the Society. iii. The present office bearers shall forthwith hand over the charge to the said election officer/administrator appointed by Respondent No. 3 as election officer and administrator in place of Respondent No.4. The election officer/administrator shall not take any policy decisions and shall hand over charge to the new office bearers who are elected after the fresh elections. iv. The election officer/administrator so appointed shall complete the entire election process on or before 31st March, 2010. 3 v. In case of any dispute pertaining to membership of the Society, the said election officer/administrator shall decide the same, and shall hear the parties if he finds it necessary. vi. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with no order as to costs. [ S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. ]