1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6152 OF 2009 Ulka Prafull Naik & Ors. .. Petitioners. Vs. The Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr.S.K.Shinde for the petitioner. Mr.D.S.Mhaispurkar for respondent no.5. Mr.R.M.Patne A.G.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE, J. DATED : 15TH OCTOBER, 2009 P.C. . Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the order dated 30.6.2009 passed by the Minister (Co-operation) dismissing a revision filed by the petitioners and confirming the orders dated 21.1.2009 passed by the Deputy Registrar and the order dated 12.3.2009 passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar. By these orders appointment of the Administrator under 78(1) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, stands confirmed. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the parties for sometime and they have agreed for the following order and in view thereof I am not recording any reasons for disposing of this petition: (a) The Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, G/S Ward, Mumbai shall appoint an officer from their office within a period of one week from the date of receipt of this order to hold elections of respondent no.4 – society within a period of fifty days therefrom. 2 (b) The petitioners and the learned A.G.P. to communicate this order to the Deputy Registrar within a period of ten days from today. (c) The existing managing committee of which the petitioners are members will continue to hold charge till the elections are over and newly elected managing committee takes over the charge of the society. The newly elected managing committee shall take charge of the society within a period of one week from the date of declaration of the election results. (d) The existing managing committee shall look after day-to-day functioning of the society and under any circumstances shall not take any major/policy decision till they handover charge to the newly elected managing committee. 4. Mr.Mhaispurkar, learned counsel for the respondent at this stage submits that the remedy of taking out contempt proceedings against the petitioners for having allegedly committed breach of the order of this court dated 22nd April, 2009 be kept open. The remedy, as prayed, is kept open. While making this observation I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the respondents’ contention about the alleged contempt. With these observations the writ petition is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)