IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9497 of 1990 (O&M) Date of decision:16.05.2011 Bhajan Singh and others ...Petitioners versus Adviser to Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr.Dharam Vir Sharma, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Shivani Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Senior Standing Counsel, for the Chandigarh Administration and Mr. A.P.Setia, Advocate, for the respondents. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The challenge in the writ petition is to an order of winding up of a Cooperative Society which was passed on 12th July, 1988. The grievance of the petitioners/Society was that the winding up had been ordered without notice. I see from the records that the operation of the impugned order was stayed by an order of this Court on 14.05.1991 and it is still in force. The learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners contends that the Society is still being run. Civil Writ Petition No.9497 of 1990 (O&M) - 2 - 2. On 28.04.2011, I had directed the respondents to take appropriate instructions on the status of the Cooperative Society and whether it was possible to take a review of the decision in view of the subsequent event. The learned counsel for the respondents states that the authorities concerned are not prepared to review the order. The impugned order has to set aside only for the singular reason that a winding up of a Society could not have been done without a notice. The impugned order is quashed and if any fresh circumstance exists, it shall be open to the respondents to take appropriate action in accordance with law. 3. The writ petition is allowed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 16.05.2011 sanjeev