IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C. W. J.C. No.4946 of 2010 1. Chandsri Primary Weavers' Cooperative Society, Having Its Office At Champa Nagar, P.S. Nath Nagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur Through Its Chairman, Humayun, S/O Late Wasir, R/O Vill.- Champanagar, P.S. Nath Nagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur 2. Hasanabad Primary Weavers' Cooperative Society Having Its Office At Hasanabad, P.S. Nathnagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur Through Md. Yunus Ansari, S/O Late Md. Salimuddin, R/O Jhabal Momin Land Hasanabad, P.O. Champanagar, P.S. Nath Nagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur 3. Khalid Rashid Saba S/O Late Ahad Mohammad Noor R/O Road No. 12, Rajendra Nagar, Distt.- Patna As Well As Individual Member Of Bihar State Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Union Ltd., Rajendra Nagar, Patna Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Secretary to the Government, Deptt. Of Cooperative, Bihar, Patna 3. Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Bihar, Patna 4. Bihar State Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Union Ltd. Having Its Office At Rajendra Nagar, Patna Through The Managing Director 5. Sri Akhilesh Kumar, Special Officer (Consumer) Bihar, Patna Cum Election Officer, Bihar State Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Union, Rajendra Nagar, Patna 6. Shri Mani Shekhar, Cooperative Extension Officer Cum Alternative Election Officer, Bihar State Handloom Cooperative Union, Rajendra Nagar, Patna ---------------------------------- 07/ 03.08.2011 Heard Mr. Yogendra Mishra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, Mr. Gautam Bose, Additional Advocate General No. 8 for the State, Mr. Sanjay Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no. 4 and Mr. Y.V. Giri, Senior counsel appearing for the Intervenors, who have filed Interlocutory Application No. 4095 of 2010 seeking permission of this Court to be impleaded as respondents and to be heard in opposition of the prayer made in the writ petition. 2 The writ petition was filed questioning the orders passed by the Registrar, Cooperative Societies in declaring the election programme for election of the Managing Committee of the Bihar State Handloom the Weavers’ Cooperative Union i.e. respondent no. 4, the apex body of Weavers’ Cooperative in the State. It was the contention of the petitioners that the election of the Apex body is in two tiers. Firstly, an election is to be held in for electing the Managing Committee of the Primary Societies and the primary societies elect their delegates for electing the Managing Committee of the Apex Body. It is contention of the petitioners that even when a number of Primary societies are superseded and the election to a large number of Primary Societies is yet to be carried out for electing delegates for election for the Apex Body, the respondent Registrar has proceeded to hold elections for the Managing Committee of the Apex body. A Bench of this Court considering the submission of the petitioners had stayed the election vide order dated 12.4.2004. Pursuant to the orders passed in the proceedings, a supplementary counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Registrar admitting the position as advanced by the petitioners. In paragraph-7 thereof it has been admitted that out of 1226 Primary Weavers Cooperative Societies affiliated to the five Regional Handloom Unions, election has been held 3 in 352 societies whereas 652 societies are superseded and 222 primary weavers cooperative societies are eligible for liquidation. It is next stated that in view of the aforesaid position the election of the Managing Committee of the Apex societies i.e. respondent no. 4 is not possible. The respondent Registrar has further mentioned that the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies has been directed to initiate and complete the process of election of the Primary Weavers’ Cooperative Societies on priority basis vide letter dated 16.6.2011 placed at Annexure-B of the supplementary counter affidavit. The Registrar has requested permission of the Court for re-scheduling the election to the Managing Committee of the respondent no. 4, the Bihar State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Union until the election of the eligible Primary Weavers’ Cooperative Societies is completed, which he expects to be completed within a period of three months. Considering the submission of the respondent Registrar Cooperative Societies as placed in the supplementary counter affidavit, Mr. Yogendra Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he does not wish to press the writ petition. The writ petition is thus disposed of as not pressed. The Interlocutory Application stands disposed of. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)