1 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 857 OF 2009 Shikarpuri Co-operative Housing Society Limited & Anr. ... Petitioners. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. Pradeep B. Mandhyan for Petitioners. Ms. P.S.Cardozo, AGP, for Respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 3. CORAM: SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE: 9TH APRIL, 2009. P.C. 1 The petitioners are aggrieved by the fact that the Registrar, Co-operative Societies has refused to permit amendment to the bye-laws of the society. By this amendment, the petitioners desires that certain entities like a company registered under the Companies Act, Co-operative Societies, Public Trusts etc. should not be entitled for the membership of the society. While submitting the application for amendment of the bye-laws, reasons are required to be furnished by the Co-operative society. These reasons were not found to be proper by the Registrar and therefore, the application was rejected. 2 On a perusal of the reasons stated for the amendment, it is obvious that the society has not worded the same properly and therefore, probably the Registrar was constrained to disallow the 2 amendment. 3 The petition can be conveniently disposed of by directing the petitioners to file a fresh application for the amendment sought. While doing so, the petitioner shall give germane and proper reasons for the same. The Registrar shall consider the amendment, uninfluenced by his earlier decision disallowing the amendment. 4 The petitioners shall file the said application within four weeks from today. The Registrar shall then decide the application within eight weeks thereafter. 5 Petition is disposed of accordingly.