IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH JANUARY 2011 / 22ND POUSHA 1932 WP(C).No. 37090 of 2010(I) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- THE ERNAKULAM DISTRICT READY MADE AND GARMENT MAKERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD., NO.E 1013, GOPALA PRABHU ROAD, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-35 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY ADV. SRI.N.K.SUBRAMANIAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRSENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 2. THE JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES(GENERAL) ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-682016. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.M.A.ASIF. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N. RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.37090 of 2010 ------------------------------- Dated this the 12th day of January, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a co-operative society registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969. The grievance voiced by the petitioner in this writ petition is that though the State Government had by Ext.P5 order dated 6.9.2010 directed the Joint Registrar of Co- operative Societies , Ernakulam to reconsider the proposal submitted by the petitioner society for amendment of the bye-laws, till date, orders have not been passed thereon. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the Joint Registrar of Co-operatives Societies (General), Ernakulam, the second respondent herein, to consider and pass orders in implementation of the directions issued by the Government in Ext.P5. 2. Sri.M.A.Asif, the learned Government Pleader submits, on instructions, that as the request made by the petitioner involves grant of exemption from Circular No.21/2009 issued by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, the Joint Registrar has forwarded the request to the Registrar of Co-operative Societies and that as soon as the Registrar passes orders on the request of the petitioner society for exemption from the said Circular, the Joint Registrar will pass orders on the petitioner's application for amendment of bye-laws. The W.P.(C) No.37090 of 2010 2 learned Government Pleader further submitted that in any case the Registrar of Co-operative Societies will take a decision in the matter by the end of February, 2011. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the Registrar of Co-operative Societies to pass final orders on the request made by the petitioner society for grant of exemption from Circular No.21/2009 expeditiously and in any event before 28.2.2011 and a further direction to the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies (General), Ernakulam to pass orders on the proposal submitted by the petitioner for registration of the amendment to the bye-laws of the petitioner society expeditiously and in any event within two weeks from the date of receipt of the orders passed by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies. P.N. RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. nj.