1 wp-8516-10 mgn IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 8516 OF 2010 Nanasaheb Sagare Sahakari Doodh Utpadak & Prakriya Sangh Maryadit ..Petitioners Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. M.L. Patil, for the Petitioner. Mr. Vijay Patil, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 4. Mr. A.M.Kulkarni i/b. Mr. Umesh Malkapure, for the respondent No.5. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D.SALVI, JJ. DATE: 25th October, 2010. P.C. Heard Mr. Patil, the learned Counsel for the petitioners. Mr. Vijay Patil, A.G.P. appears for the respondent Nos.1 to 4. Mr. Kulkarni appears for respondent No.5. 2. Respondent No.5 proposed some amendments to its Bye-laws and 2 wp-8516-10 the Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Societies (Dairy) by his order dated 27th September, 2010 has not approved some of the amendments proposed and more particularly the amendment to the Bye-law No.2.1.11. 3. Aggrieved by the said order the petitioners have filed an Appeal under Section 152 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 and registered as Appeal No.1678 of 2010 and the said Appeal as per Mr. Patil is pending before the Minister for Dairy. In the said Appeal an application for stay has also been filed and there is no order as yet on the stay petition as well as in the Appeal. 4. The petitioners are the Co-operative Societies registered under the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002, but they are also the members of the Respondent No.5 which is registered under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The issues raised by them are required to be considered by the Appellate Authority i.e. the State Government. Hence it would be appropriate that either the pending Appeal is decided expeditiously or in the alternative the stay petition filed by the petitioners in the said appeal is heard and decided within few weeks. 3 wp-8516-10 5. Hence we direct that the pending appeal is heard and decided within eight weeks from today and if for any reason the said appeal is not decided within the stipulated period of eight weeks, the stay petition be heard and decided within that period. 6. The Petition is disposed off in terms of the above terms. (U.D.SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)