WP(C) 5116/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE H N SARMA Heard Mr A Sarma, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr G Rahul, lea rned counsel appearing for the respondent No. 5 and Ms H M Phukan, learned Junio r Government Advocate, appearing on behalf of the State respondents. The constitution of the Adhoc Body to run and manage the affairs of Dhubri Whole Sale Consumers Cooperative Stores Limited, vide order dated 19. 10.2009, passed by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Assam, is the subject matter of challenge in this writ petition. The last Annual General Meeting of the Society was held on 29.05 .2008. The Managing Committee of Society was issued with a show cause notice by the departmental authority to explain certain charges of irregularities levelled against them. As the said charges were not explained, after conducting an enqui ry the Managing Committee of the Society was dissolved vide order dated 09.10.20 09 and Adhoc Committee was formed by the impugned order. By order dated 9.10.200 9, passed by the Additional Registrar, Co-operative Societies, BTC, Kokrajhar, one Senior Inspector of Cooperative Society was appointed as Executive Officer t o manage the affairs of the Society with a further direction to hold the Annual General Meeting/ election within 90 days. The said period of 90 days is over and for due interim restrictions the Annual General Meeting of the Society could no t be held, and the period of 90 days allowed to hold the AGM and form the Managi ng Body of the Society is already over. As per Section 32 (5) of the Co-operativ e Societies Act, such meeting was to be held within the month of May 2010, but t hat has not been done yet. It is contended by Mr Sarma that, one Managing Committee of the Society constituted on 30.10.2009, has issued necessary steps for holding the An nual General Meeting of the Society. However, although 26.02.2010 was fixed for holding of election and electing the members of the Managing Committee, the same could not be held in view of the interim restrictions. All the learned counsel for the appearing parties are unanimous in their submissions that the Annual Gen eral Meeting of the Society is required to be held as early as possible, wherein the Managing Committee of the Society should be elected. It is the statutory re quirement under the Act to hold such meeting under Section 32 of the Act and to elect the Managing Committee. In view of the aforesaid discussions and submissions, this writ petition stands disposed of, with direction that the Annual General Meeting of D hubri Whole Sale Consumers Cooperative Stores Limited, shall be held within a pe riod of 4 (four) weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. It sh all be the responsibility of the Deputy Registrar, as well as the Assistant Regi strar, Co-operative Societies, Dhubri, Assam, to hold the Annual General Meeting of the Society within the aforesaid period in accordance with the provisions of the Act/ Rules and Byelaws of the Society. It is submitted by the learned couns el appearing for the parties that in the meantime, necessary correction of Voter List including the updating of the member list is over. The Registrar of the C o-operative Societies, Assam, is directed to monitor the entire affairs for hold ing the Annual General Meeting of the Society. With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition stands dispose d of.