1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6137 OF 2009 Jagtap Prakash Rao .. Petitioner. Vs. Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank Ltd. & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr.S.A.Pawar for the petitioner. Mr.S.D.Deshpande for respondent no.1. Mr.S.D.Rayrikar A.G.P. for the State. CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE, J. DATED : 6TH OCTOBER, 2009 P.C. . Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Rule. By consent, rule made returnable forthwith. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents waives service. By consent, the petition is taken up for hearing and final disposal at the admission stage itself. 3. This petition is directed against the order dated 5.9.2008 passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai Division, Mumbai by which a revision application filed by the petitioner has been rejected on the ground that respondent no.1 – society has been converted into Multi-State Co-operative Society within the meaning of Multi-State Co- operative Societies Act, 2002, and hence he has no jurisdiction 2 to entertain the revision application. Mr.Pawar, learned counsel for the petitioner at the outset invited my attention to the judgment of this court in The Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank Ltd. Vs. State of Maharashtra 2009 (4) All MR 72 and submitted that in the year 2007 when respondent no.1 – society was converted into Multi-State Co-operative Society the instant proceedings were pending before the Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai Division, Mumbai and hence he has jurisdiction to entertain the revision application. Mr.Deshpande, learned counsel for respondent no.1 fairly submitted that the present case is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in The Abhudaya Co-operative Bank Ltd. Vs. State of Maharashtra. In the circumstances the impugned order dated 5.9.2008 passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar is set aside. The revision application No.576 of 2005 is restored to file. The Divisional Joint Registrar shall endeavour to decide the revision on merits in accordance with law expeditiously. With these observations the writ petition is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)