IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 16TH MARCH 2010 / 25TH PHALGUNA 1931 WP(C).No. 8746 of 2010(P) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. SHRI.REMESH KUMAR A.M., ATTUPURATH HOUSE, AMBALLOOR P.O KANJIRAMATTOM - 682 315, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 2. SHRI.BALAKRISHNAN P.A., PUZHAMANGALATHU HOUSE, KOVILVATTOM ROAD, COCHIN - 682 035, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.TOMSON T.EMMANUEL RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. ALL KERALA INCOME TAX & SALES PRACTITIONERS' ASSOCIATON, DEVI NIVAS, VARGHESE THITTAYIL ROAD, PERUMANOOR, COCHIN - 682 015, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS STATE GENERAL SECRETARY. 2. SHRI.R.RAMAKRISHNAN POTTI, TAX PRACTITIONER, 29/1348, C-4, IIND FLOOR, MATHEWSONS GATEWAY, VYTTILA, KOCHI - 682 019. 3. SHRI.K.MANIRATHAN, TAX PRACTITIONER, SONY SHOPPING COMPLEX, PINANGODE ROAD, KALPETTA, WAYANAD DISTRICT - 673 121. 4. THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, CIVIL STATION, KAKKANAD, COCHIN - 682 030, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 5. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE (GENERAL) & THE REGISTRAR OF SOCIETIES, ERNAKULAM, COCHIN - 682 011. WPC.8746/2010 6. THE BRANCH MANAGER, PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK, RAVIPURAM, M.G.ROAD, ERNAKULAM. 7. THE BRANCH MANAGER, STATE BANK OF TRAVANCORE, KALPETTA BRANCH, WAYANAD DISTRICT. 8. THE CHIEF EDITOR, KERALA TAX MESSENGER, 'DEVI NIVAS', VARGHESE THITTAYIL ROAD, PERUMANOOR, COCHIN - 682 015. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ---------------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.8746 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 16th DAY OF MARCH, 2010 J U D G M E N T The matter raised in this Writ Petition is an internal dispute in the first respondent-Association. Going by the averments in the Writ Petition it is revealed that a meeting of the State Council is scheduled to be held on 20.3.2010. One of the prayers in the Writ Petition is to declare the election of the office bearers as null and void. What is raised in the Writ Petition is purely a civil dispute and a Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not maintainable. The remedy of the petitioner is only to approach the civil court, as there is no power for adjudication of any such dispute to the District Registrar also under the Travancore – Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955. Therefore the Writ Petition is dismissed leaving open the remedy of the petitioner to file a civil suit. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE dsn