1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7637 OF 2010 Bhanudas s/o Nath Pawar age 65 years, occ. agril r/o Kajalwadi, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1 The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary Co-operative Department Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2 The Divisional Joint Registrar Co-operative Societies, Latur Region Latur. 3 The District Deputy Registrar Co-operative Societies, Beed Tq. & Dist. Beed. 4 The Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies, Gerorai, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. 5 Vividh Karyakari seva Sahakari Society Ltd., Kajalwadi, TQ. Georai District Beed. Through Secretary .. RESPONDENTS Mr. Abhijit Choudhary, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the State. Mr. N.R. Pawade, advocate for respondent no. 5. 2 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7638 OF 2010 Shriram s/o Vithalrao Argade age 39 years, occ. agril r/o Ranmala, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1 The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary Co-operative Department Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2 The Divisional Joint Registrar Co-operative Societies, Latur Region Latur. 3 The District Deputy Registrar Co-operative Societies, Beed Tq. & Dist. Beed. 4 The Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies, Gerorai, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. 5 Vividh Karyakari seva Sahakari Society Ltd., Kajalwadi, TQ. Georai District Beed. Through Secretary .. RESPONDENTS Mr. Abhijit Choudhary, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the State. Mr. N.R. Pawade, advocate for respondent no. 5. 3 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7639 OF 2010 Jgannath s/o Sopanrao Gade age 60 years, occ. agril r/o Aurangpur Kukda, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1 The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary Co-operative Department Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2 The Divisional Joint Registrar Co-operative Societies, Latur Region Latur. 3 The District Deputy Registrar Co-operative Societies, Beed Tq. & Dist. Beed. 4 The Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies, Gerorai, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. 5 Vividh Karyakari seva Sahakari Society Ltd., Kajalwadi, TQ. Georai District Beed. Through Secretary .. RESPONDENTS Mr. Abhijit Choudhary, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the State. Mr. N.R. Pawade, advocate for respondent no. 5. 4 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7642 OF 2010 Shaikh Yashinbai Shaikh Anvar age 58 years, occ. agril R/o Ardhamasala, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1 The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary Co-operative Department Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2 The Divisional Joint Registrar Co-operative Societies, Latur Region Latur. 3 The District Deputy Registrar Co-operative Societies, Beed Tq. & Dist. Beed. 4 The Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies, Gerorai, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. 5 Vividh Karyakari seva Sahakari Society Ltd., Kajalwadi, TQ. Georai District Beed. Through Secretary .. RESPONDENTS Mr. Abhijit Choudhary, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the State. Mr. N.R. Pawade, advocate for respondent no. 5. 5 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7643 OF 2010 Laxman s/o Bapurao Vadmare age 55 years, occ. agril r/o Aher Wahegaon, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1 The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary Co-operative Department Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2 The Divisional Joint Registrar Co-operative Societies, Latur Region Latur. 3 The District Deputy Registrar Co-operative Societies, Beed Tq. & Dist. Beed. 4 The Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies, Gerorai, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. 5 Vividh Karyakari seva Sahakari Society Ltd., Kajalwadi, TQ. Georai District Beed. Through Secretary .. RESPONDENTS Mr. Abhijit Choudhary, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the State. Mr. N.R. Pawade, advocate for respondent no. 5. 6 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7644 OF 2010 Kisan s/o Shankar Sagde age 35 years, occ. agril r/o Bhatepuri, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1 The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary Co-operative Department Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2 The Divisional Joint Registrar Co-operative Societies, Latur Region Latur. 3 The District Deputy Registrar Co-operative Societies, Beed Tq. & Dist. Beed. 4 The Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies, Gerorai, Tq. Georai Dist. Beed. 5 Vividh Karyakari seva Sahakari Society Ltd., Kajalwadi, TQ. Georai District Beed. Through Secretary .. RESPONDENTS Mr. Abhijit Choudhary, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the State. Mr. N.R. Pawade, advocate for respondent no. 5. ===== 7 CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & K.K. TATED, JJ. DATE : 18 th NOVEMBER, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT : ( PER : B.R. GAVAI, J.) 1 Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. 2 Present petitions are filed by the petitioners seeking direction to the respondents to hold elections of respondent no. 5 – society. 3 In the affidavits filed by respondent no. 2 he has stated that elections could not be held since the funds are not available in the account of respondent no. 5 – society. Mr. N.R. Pawade, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no. 5 states that necessary funds would be deposited with the Assistant Registrar within a period of one week from today. 4 Petitions are therefore disposed of with direction to respondent no. 5 to deposit necessary funds within a period of two weeks from today. Respondent no. 4 shall thereafter commence the election process within a period of two weeks and complete the same within the period prescribed 8 under the rules. Rule made absolute with aforesaid directions. ( K.K. TATED ) ( B. R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE dyb/office/wp7637.10.odt