THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No.5146 of 2002 ORDER : The petitioner-society claims to have been formed, with the Khammam District Postal Extra Departmental Employees as its members. The petitioner-society is a registered society under the provisions of the A.P.Co-operative Societies Act vide Regn. No.1271 T.E. issued by the Deputy Cooperative Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Khammam. It is stated that the petitioner-society approached the District Cooperative Central Bank for providing loans to its members and the said bank insisted that the society should have recognition by the employer in order to ensure the easy recovery of the loan amounts from its members. The petitioner-society, therefore, approached the 2nd respondent, who by letter dated 01-05-2000 sought for certain clarifications. The petitioner complied with and offered the required clarifications. Despite the same, it is stated, the 2nd respondent by letter No.T/CO-OP/KHM/01-02, dated 17-04-2001, informed the petitioner- society that the competent authority had not agreed for recognition. The petitioner-society, therefore, has filed this writ petition. Heard Sri K.V.Janardhana Rao, learned counsel, representing Sri G.Vasantha Rayudu, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ponnam Ashok Goud, learned counsel for the respondents. Although the petitioner-society in this Writ Petition sought for declaring the action of the respondent as arbitrary and illegal and for a consequential direction for recognition, the learned counsel for the petitioner Sri K.V.Janardhana Rao however submitted that the grievance of the petitioner would be satisfied if limited relief is granted. He submitted that the 1st respondent is the competent authority to accord sanction of recognition to the society and orders, if any, should be passed only by him, and however, although the 1st respondent is said to have rejected the request of the petitioner, no orders to that effect have been communicated to the petitioner. The 2nd respondent vide letter dated 17-04-2000 has merely informed that no such recognition was agreed to by the competent authority. The learned counsel, therefore, submits that the letter dated 17-04-2001 is not an order and the respondents should have communicated the order of the competent authority which is said to have been passed by the authority. He, therefore, submitted that a direction be issued to the respondents to furnish a copy of the said order and to this extent, the writ petition might be considered. It is true and admittedly so, that the respondents have not communicated the orders passed on the application filed by the petitioner society for recognition. I agree with the contention of the learned counsel that the 2nd respondent merely conveyed vide letter dated 17-04-2001 that the request of the petitioner was rejected. Such a letter is merely a message which does not serve any purpose. The petitioner society is entitled for a copy of the order, so that if aggrieved, the petitioner can avail the remedies as are available to it in law. Having regard to the limited relief sought for by the learned counsel, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to communicate a copy of the order passed on the application filed by the society for its recognition connected with file No.T/Co.op/KHM/01- 02, dated 17-04-2001 of the second respondent herein within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order. In case, the first respondent has not passed orders so far, it is made clear that orders be passed and communicated within the stipulated time. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 26th March, 2010. SKMR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No.5146 of 2002 Date : 26-03-2010 Between : The Khammam Postal ED Employees, Co.operative Credit Society Ltd., Khammam-507001, rep. by its President B.Jayaraju, son of China Vaikuntam, aged about 35 years, resident of Gannavaram, Wyra Mandal, Khammam District. .. Petitioner And The Post Master General, Vijayawada and another .. Respondents