:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7088 OF 2006 Smt. Krishna Lalit Suri ..Petitioner Vs. Lake View CHS Ltd. and ors. ..Respondents Mr. Amarendra Mishra for petitioner. Ms. M.P. Thakur, AGP for respondent nos.3 to 5. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & J. H. BHATIA,JJ. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & J. H. BHATIA,JJ. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & J. H. BHATIA,JJ. Dated: December 22, 2006. Dated: December 22, 2006. Dated: December 22, 2006. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner who was directed to be enrolled as a member of the respondent no.1-society by the respondent no.3 vide his order dated 10/11/2003. The said order was not implemented by the respondent no.1-society and, therefore, the respondent no.3 initiated penal proceedings against the society. By his order dated 24/5/2006 passed under Section 78(1) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, he suspended the managing committee of the respondent no.1-society and appointed Shri. B.K. Hande, Co-operation Officer, Class II as the Administrator. :2: This order dated 24/5/2006 has been challenged in an appeal under Section 152 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 before the State Government and the communication dated 28/8/2006 addressed to the petitioner and others indicates that the order passed by the respondent no.3 of suspending the managing committee and appointing an Administrator has been stayed on 10/8/2006 by the Hon’ble Minister for Cooperation, Maharashtra State. 2. We direct that the said pending appeal be heard and decided on its own merits as expeditiously as possible and preferably before 28/2/2007. 3. Petition is disposed off accordingly. 4. Writ to go to the Principal Secretary, Cooperation, Government of Maharashtra forthwith. (J.H. Bhatia, J.) (J.H. Bhatia, J.) (J.H. Bhatia, J.) (B.H. Marlapalle,J.) (B.H. Marlapalle,J.) (B.H. Marlapalle,J.)