1 (WP 8694 of 2010) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 8694 OF 2010 Bramhadeo Dada Mane Sahakari Bank Ltd. ...Petitioners Vs. Kisan Bhanukal Makhija and Ors. ...Respondents ----- Mr.Surel S. Shah for Petitioners Mr.S.N. Bhosale -AGP for Respondent No.5 ----- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED: 21ST FEBRUARY, 2011 P.C. 1. The Petitioner herein is the Co-operative Bank. The grievance of the Petitioner Bank is that the dispute which is filed by the Respondents herein under section 91 of the Co-operative Societies Act itself is not maintainable. It is submitted that the Divisional Joint Registrar, therefore, has no jurisdiction to give a direction to the Petitioner to deposit the said amount. 2. In my view, the said submissions made by the learned counsel for the Petitioner cannot be accepted. It is an admitted position that preliminary objection regarding maintainability of the dispute has not been 2 (WP 8694 of 2010) filed by the Petitioner in the Co-operative Court. The Petitioner is at liberty to file that application and if so filed, the said application may be decided expeditiously. The Co-operative Court is always at liberty to issue directions to the disputant. In my view, therefore, no case is made out for interfering with the impugned order which is passed by the Deputy Joint Registrar. Writ petition is dismissed and disposed of. Needless to state that the proceedings before the Co-operative Court under section 91 and proceedings initiated by the Bank under section 101 may be continued by the respective authorities. (V.M. KANADE J.)