1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9400 OF 2009 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr.S.A.Pawar, for the petitioner. Mr Arshad Shakh with Sujeet Salkar for respondent no.1. Ms P.S.Cardozo, AGP, for respondent no.5 CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 15/12/2009 PC: Heard learned counsel for the parties. Mr Pawar, learned counsel for the petitioner, does not press this writ petition on merits and submits that directions be issued to the Assistant Registrar to decide the application of the respondent-Bank under section 101 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 afresh and uninfluenced by the observations made in the impugned order. Mr Shaikh, learned counsel for the T 2 respondents, has no objection for issuing such directions. Hence, the following order. (i) The writ petition is disposed of as not pressed. (ii) The Assistant Registrar, Co- operative Societies, shall decide the application filed by respondent no.1-Bank under section 101 of the Act on merits in accordance with law and uninfluenced by the observations made in the impugned order. The Assistant Registrar shall endeavour to dispose of the Bank’s application under section 101 as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of this order. All contentions of the petitioner and the Bank are kept open to be raised in the proceedings before the Assistant Registrar. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 3