IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16460 of 2007 Between: Animal Husbandry Department Employees Cooperative House Building Society Ltd., Visakhapatnam. ..... Petitioner AND State of A.P., rep., by its Secretary (Cooperation), Secretariat, Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Ch. Dhananjay Counsel for respondents 1-5: GP for Cooperation The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16460 of 2007 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Certiorari to quash proceedings Rc.No.324/06/E (Coop), dated 18.07.2007 of respondent No.2 and letter Rc.No.1876/2006, dated 20.07.2007 of respondent Nos.6 and 7. I have heard Sri Ch. Dhananjay, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Cooperation. In the view this Court is proposing to take, it is not necessary to delve into the detailed facts of the case. It will suffice to note that the petitioner, which is a society registered under the provisions of the A.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 (for short, “the Act”), filed this Writ Petition represented by its then President questioning initiation of proceedings under Section 51 of the Act. The learned Government Pleader for Cooperation pointed out that under bye-law No.29(b) of the petitioner society’s bye-laws, the Secretary shall be the officer to sue and be sued on behalf of the society and that this Writ Petition is filed in the name of the petitioner through its President Dr. Anupalli Appa Rao. Having regard to the abovementioned bye-law, the President cannot represent the petitioner society. On this ground alone, the Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed. It is also brought to the notice of this Court that the term of Dr. Anupalli Appa Rao as President has expired and that fresh elections to the managing committee of the society were held. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in the newly elected managing committee Dr. Anapalli Appa Rao is only a Director and he is no longer the President of the petitioner society. For the above reasons, I am of the opinion that the very constitution of the Writ Petition itself is defective and the same is dismissed on this short ground. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.20937 of 2007 and WVMP.No.2387 of 2007 are also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 24.03.2011 ES