WP(C) 2700/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE P K MUSAHARY Heard Mr.S.Medhi, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.H.Rahman, learned Govt. Advocate, Assam. The present petitioners are the members of the respondent No.3-Society n amely Bamun Soalkuchi Grahak Samabai Bhandar Ltd. Some members of the said socie ty have joined another society namely respondent No.4, Pub Soalkuchi Kaibartapa ra Anusuchita Grahak Samabai Samity some time in the year 2004-5. The new societ y has also been registered under the Co-operative Societies Act. Some members of respondent No.3 society have joined the respondent No.4 society without surrend ering their membership from respondent No.3-Society before joining in the resp ondent no.4 society, As a result they have been enjoying benefits from both t he societies which is not permissible in the interest of the society. The petiti oner further submits that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of respondent No.3 so ciety could not be held inasmuch as the names of the members who have joined the respondent no.4 society have not been deleted from the roll of voters. The petitioners repeatedly requested the respondent No.3 society to remove the name s of the persons/members who have joined the respondent no.4 society but no eff ective action has been taken. Mr. Medhi, learned counsel submits that it is the statutory duty and res ponsibility of respondent No.2, Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Assam to take effective measure to delete the names of the members who have joined the new society, from the voter s list of respondent No.3 so as to enable the respondent No.3 society to hold t he AGM. Since the AGM is scheduled to be held tomorrow (28.5.2011) there is no s ufficient time to delete the name of the voters /share holders who have joined the new society. To save the situation Mr. Medhi, learned counsel for the petiti on submits that a direction may be issued to postpon the AGM for a period of fo ur weeks so that a corrective measure could be taken and hold the AGM within the aforesaid four weeks time. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, I am of the considered view th at the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners are quite fair, reasonable and acceptable. In view of the above, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondent No.2-Registrar Co-operative Society, Assam t o immediately depute a responsible competent officer to respondent No.3-society to make an on the spot enquiry/verification and take necessary steps to delete t he names of the voters who have joined the respondent no.4 society. To facilita te the respondent-authorities to take appropriate steps, the AGM scheduled to be held on 28.5.2011 stands postponed for a period of 4 weeks form today i.e.. til l 29.6.2011. Copies of this order be furnished to the learned counsel for the parties . With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition stands disposed of.