-: 1 :- HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2360 OF 2010 Jayendra R. Pandey. ..Petitioner. Versus The Deputy RegistrarC.S. & Ors. ..Respondents. Mr. J. S. Kini i/b Mr. Suresh Dubey for the petitioner. Mr. M. G. Patil h/f Mr. N. N. Bhadrashete for respondent no.2. Mr. R. M. Patne for respondent no.1. Coram : R. V. MORE, J. Date : March 25, 2010. P. C. : 1. Heard Mr. Kini, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. M. G. Patil, learned counsel for respondent no.2 and and Mr. Patne, learned AGP for respondent no.1. Rule. By consent, rule is made returnable forthwith and taken up for hearing. 2. By the Resolution dated 14th June 2009 passed by the general body of respondent no.2 society, the petitioner came to be expelled from the membership of society. Respondent no.2 society thereafter approached the Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Societies for approval and accordingly by his order dated 18th February 2010, the Assistant Registrar granted approval. By filing an appeal on 11th March 2010, the petitioner challenged the order of the Assistant Registrar before respondent no.3 - Joint Registrar, Co-operative -: 2 :- Societies. The petitioner also filed a stay application on the same day. 3. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent no.3 inspite of several repeated requests has not passed any order on his stay application. After hearing learned counsel for the respective parties, in my opinion, the petition can be conveniently disposed of by directing respondent no.3 Divisional Joint Registrar, to dispose of the petitioner’s Interim Application bearing No. 35 of 2010 as expeditiously as possible and preferably within the period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. During the pendency and till the disposal of the above stay application, the parties to the petition shall maintain status quo qua the petitioner’s membership. 4. With these directions the Petition is disposed. (R.V. MORE, J.)