1 wp 4645.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4645 OF 2010 Dilip Eknath Bodade, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, District Jalgaon. .. .. Petitioner Versus 1. Nilesh Ashokrao Deshmukh, Age : 40 Years, Occu. : Service, R/o 23, Sadhana Nagar, At Post Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 2. Dhanvardhini Gramin Bigar Sheti Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd., Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon, Through its Manager. 3. Dinkar Gansaram Mali, Age : 48 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 4. Sudhakar Baliram Jawale, Age : 39 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o as above. 2 wp 4645.10 5. Manohar Eknath Saraf, Age : 61 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o as above. 6. Anil Purushottam Zambre, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o as above. 7. Subhash Trimbak Kolte, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 8. Sushilkumar Baliram Jangle, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Business, 9. Kailas Baburao Marathe, Age : 48 Years, Occu. : Agril., 10. Suklal Budho Dhangar, Age : 52 Years, Occu. : Agril., 11. Sau. Indumati Bhaskar Zope, Age : 35 Years, Occu. : Household, 12. Sau. Mainini Ramesh Mandgavhane, Age : 49 Years, Occu. : Agril., 13. S. L. Avhad, Age : 45 Years, 14. Sanju Laxman Kolte, Age : 38 Years, Occu. : Agril., 3 wp 4645.10 15. Vikram Deshmukh, Age : 39 Years, Occu. : Agril., All R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. .. .. Respondents Respondent Nos. 3 to 15 are formal respondents and the petitioners do not seek any relief against them. Shri G. V. Wani, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. B. Yawalkar, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4654 OF 2010 1. Dinkar Gansaram Mali, Age : 48 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 2. Sudhakar Baliram Jawale, Age : 39 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o as above. 3. Manohar Eknath Saraf, Age : 61 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o as above. 4. Anil Purushottam Zambre, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o as above. .. .. Petitioners Versus 4 wp 4645.10 1. Vasant Laxman Patil, Age : 60 Years, Occu. : Nil., R/o At Post Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 2. Dhanvardhini Gramin Bigar Sheti Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd., Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon, Through its Manager. 3. The Chairman, Dhanvardhini Gramin Bigar Sheti Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd., Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon, Dilip Eknath Bodade, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, District Jalgaon. 4. Subhash Trimbak Kolte, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 5. Sushilkumar Baliram Jangle, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Business, 6. Kailas Baburao Marathe, Age : 48 Years, Occu. : Agril., 7. Suklal Budho Dhangar, Age : 52 Years, Occu. : Agril., 5 wp 4645.10 8. Sau. Indumati Bhaskar Zope, Age : 35 Years, Occu. : Household, 9. Sau. Mainini Ramesh Mandgavhane, Age : 49 Years, Occu. : Agril., 10. S. L. Avhad, Age : 45 Years, 11. Sanju Laxman Kolte, Age : 38 Years, Occu. : Agril., 12. Vikram Deshmukh, Age : 39 Years, Occu. : Agril., All R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. .. .. Respondents Respondent Nos. 3 to 12 are formal respondents and the petitioners do not seek any relief against them. Shri G. V. Wani, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. B. Yawalkar, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4647 OF 2010 Dilip Eknath Bodade, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, District Jalgaon. .. .. Petitioner 6 wp 4645.10 Versus 1. Smt. Shakuntala Vasant Chaudhary, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Service, R/o Ubhi Galli, Chaudhary Wada, At Post Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 2. Dhanvardhini Gramin Bigar Sheti Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd., Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon, Through its Manager. 3. Dinkar Gansaram Mali, Age : 48 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 4. Sudhakar Baliram Jawale, Age : 39 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o as above. 5. Manohar Eknath Saraf, Age : 61 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o as above. 6. Anil Purushottam Zambre, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o as above. 7. Subhash Trimbak Kolte, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. 7 wp 4645.10 8. Sushilkumar Baliram Jangle, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Business, 9. Kailas Baburao Marathe, Age : 48 Years, Occu. : Agril., 10. Suklal Budho Dhangar, Age : 52 Years, Occu. : Agril., 11. Sau. Indumati Bhaskar Zope, Age : 35 Years, Occu. : Household, 12. Sau. Mainini Ramesh Mandgavhane, Age : 49 Years, Occu. : Agril., 13. S. L. Avhad, Age : 45 Years, 14. Sanju Laxman Kolte, Age : 38 Years, Occu. : Agril., 15. Vikram Deshmukh, Age : 39 Years, Occu. : Agril., All R/o Varangaon, Tq. Bhusawal, Dist. Jalgaon. .. .. Respondents Respondent Nos. 3 to 15 are formal respondents and the petitioners do not seek any relief against them. Shri G. V. Wani, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. B. Yawalkar, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. 8 wp 4645.10 CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE : 28TH JUNE, 2011. ORAL JUDGMENT : . Heard Shri Wani, learned counsel for petitioners and Shri Yawalkar, the learned counsel for the contesting respondent. 2. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of parties taken up for final hearing. 3. The petitioners assail the judgment and order passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Jalgaon, thereby allowing the complaints filed by the respondents for recovery of the amount against the society and the petitioners who are the directors. 4. Shri Wani, the learned counsel submits that the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum does not have jurisdiction to deal with the said matters as far as the directors are concerned. The learned counsel further contends that said issue is no longer res-integra in view of the judgment of the learned Single of this Court in a case of Sou. Varsha Ravindra Isai Vs. Rajashri Rajkumar Chaudhari and others 9 wp 4645.10 reported in 2011(3) All M. R. 88. 5. It is not disputed that the petitioners are also the directors of the society, wherein the original complainants had made fix deposit of the amount. The society has failed to repay the said amount to the complainants. In view of the dictum of this Court in a case of Sou. Varsha Ravindra Isai Vs. Rajashri Rajkumar Chaudhari and others referred supra wherein it is held that the said order passed by the District Consumer Forum would be without jurisdiction and as such, for the reasons recorded in the said judgment, it will have to be held that the judgment impugned is a judgment coram non judice. In view of the above, the writ petitions are allowed. The Rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause "B" to the extent of petitioners only. Sd/- [ S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. ] bsb/June 11