1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION Amk CHAMBER SUMMUNS NO. 147 OF 2010 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 2338 OF 2009 Jabbar Ali Nasir Khan & Anr. .. Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashta & 2 Ors .. Respondents. And Bashir Yusuf Baig & Ors. .. Applicants Mr. L. T. Satelkar, AGP for the Respondent Nos. 1 & 3. Mr. A. S. Desai with R. S. Ghadge for Resp. Nos. 4 to 10. Ms. Anita Castelino with Ms. Zohra Shaikh i/b Lambay & Co. for the Applicant in CHS 147 of 2009. CORAM : MRS. R. S. DALVI, J. DATE : 17th June, 2010. P.C. 1. The Applicants are the Managing Committee Members of Respondent No.2 Society who were elected in the meeting which was held on 22nd December, 2009 prior to the filing of this Writ Petition. The meeting was challenged before the Registrar of Co-operative Societies. He appointed a Returning Officer to conduct another meeting of the society. The Returning Officer sought to hold another meeting. Hence, this above Writ Petition was filed. The society resolved to file the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition was filed with the authority of the society. The society includes all the members as well as the Managing 2 Committee members. It is a separate legal entity which represents the members of the society and can sue and be sued on their behalf. Under such authority, the Petition was filed and pursued. The Chairman who is Petitioner No.1 in the Petition along with society consented to hold another meeting. The Returning Officer has been appointed by the Court. That Officer of the Court has conducted the election. The Applicants claim that the Managing Committee of the earlier meeting has not been set aside. They claim to be Managing Committee members and consequently proper parties to the Petition. 2. Once the meeting is held as per an order validly passed upon the instructions and/or consent of a party who appears before the Court as a legal entity which represents its members, the order becomes final until it is challenged by such legal entity itself. The Court cannot go behind such order. It would be chaotic if after individuals who are represented by a legal entity are allowed to challenge such orders. 3. The Applicants are not proper parties to the Writ Petition. The Chamber Summons is dismissed. ( R. S. DALVI, J.)