1 wp 4890.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4890 OF 2010 1. Vikas Duba Ladhe, Age : 43 Years, Occu. : Labour, R/o Khirdi, Tq. Raver, District Jalgaon. 2. Shriram Baliram Bhangale, Age : 37 Years, Occu. : Labour, R/o Chinawal, Tq. Raver, District Jalgaon. 3. Shekhar Vishnu Chaudhari, Age : 41 Years, Occu. : Labour, R/o Savada, Tq. Raver, District Jalgaon. 4. Alka Vijay Jawle, Age : 46 Years, Occu. : Household, R/o Raver, Tq. Raver, District Jalgaon. .. .. Petitioners Versus 1. Bhagwan Laxman Pachpohe (Died through his L.R.s') a) Sushila Bhagwan Dhangar, Age : 33 Years, Occu. : Household, 2 wp 4890.10 b) Kailash Bhagwan Dhangar, Age : 17 Years, Occu. : Education, Both R/o Patondi, Tq. Raver, District Jalgaon. 2. Administrator, Jay Gurudev Merchant Co-op. Credit Society Ltd. Raver, Opposite To Bus Stand, M. G. Market, Raver, Tq. Raver, District Jalgaon. 3. Rajni Ravindra Jawle, ] Ex-Chairman, Jay Gurudev ] Merchant Co-op. Credit Society ] Deleted Ltd., Raver, Tq. Raver, ] District Jalgaon. ] 4. Prakash Rajaram Chaudhari, Age : 36 Years, Occu. : Ex-Director, 5. Ravindra Bhagwat Jawle, ] Age : 41 Years, Occu. : Ex-Director. ] 6. Devram Sukaji Ingle, ] Deleted Age : 42 Years, Occu. : Ex-Director. ] 7. Abdul Samad Abdul Latif, ] Age : 36 Years, Occu. : Ex Director ] 8. Umakant Khemchand Dhande, Age : 54 Years, Occu. : Ex-Director, Respondent Nos. 4 to 8 3 wp 4890.10 R/o Khanapur, Tq. Raver, District Jalgaon. .. .. Respondents Shri P. N. Kutti, Advocate for Petitioners. Shri R. C. Patil, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. Shri D. A. Mane, Advocate h/f Shri Milind Patil, Advocate for the Respondent No. 4. Shri P. S. Gaikwad, Advocate h/f Shri A. G. Talhar, Advocate for the Respondent No. 8. The Respondent Nos. 3, 5 to 7 are deleted as epr order dated 01.10.2010. CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE : 09TH AUGUST, 2011. ORAL JUDGMENT : . Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of parties taken up for final hearing. 2. The respondent No. 1/original complainant though served is absent. The issue involved in this writ petition is no longer res-integra in view of the judgment of the learned Single Judge of this Court in a case of Sau. Versha Isau Vs. Sau. Rajshri Chaudhari and others reported in (2011) 2 AIR Bom. R. 677, wherein it is held that a director of a Co-operative Society cannot be jointly and severally liable to pay the amount to the 4 wp 4890.10 complainant by the Consumer Court. 3. In view of the judgment referred supra, the Rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause “C”. Sd/- [ S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. ] bsb/Aug. 11