WP 6515/10 1 SSK/mnb IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6515 OF 2010 Mr. Surendra Kuber Kambli & Ors. ....Petitioners Versus The Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Thane. & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. R. S. Ghadge i/b. Mr. A. S. Desai, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. R. M. Patne, AGP for Respondent No.1. Mr. Milind Parab, Advocate for Respondent No.3. CORAM : R. V. MORE, J. DATED : 16th AUGUST, 2010. P.C.: Not on Board. Mentioned for urgent Production. Production allowed in view of urgency. 2. Heard learned Counsel appearing for the respective parties. 3. By an order dated 15th June, 2009, an Administrator was appointed under section 78(1) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 by Respondent No.1-Deputy Registrar on Petitioner No.6- Society. This order was challenged under section 152 of the M.C.S. Act by filing an appeal before the Respondent No.2-Divisional Joint Registrar. The order appointing an Administrator was stayed by the Appellate Authority on 2nd July, 2009. The Petitioners’ appeal was dismissed by the Divisional Joint Registrar on 20th April, 2010. However, the order was communicated WP 6515/10 2 SSK/mnb to the Petitioner No.1 on 28th June, 2010. The Petitioners thereafter preferred a revision before Respondent No.4 – Hon’ble Minister under section 154 of the M.C.S.Act alongwith an application for stay. The grievance of the Petitioners is that this application has not been decided and therefore, the present petition. In my view, the petition can be conveniently disposed of, by directing the Respondent No.4-Hon’ble Minister for Co-operation to decide the Petitioners’ stay application as expeditiously as possible and stay the order appointing an Administrator on Petitioner No.6-Society, in as much as, this order is not implemented till today. The petition is accordingly disposed of by passing the following order: 1. The Respondent No.4 is directed to dispose of the stay application filed in the aforesaid revision, copy of which is annexed at page 58 as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. 2. During the pendency and final disposal of the stay application, the order dated 15th June, 2009 passed by the Respondent No.1 appointing an Administrator on Petitioner No.6-Society is stayed. (R. V. MORE, J.)