: 1 : vss IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5197 OF 2009 Devthirth Co-op. Society Ltd. through its Chairman Dr.Mahesh Gosavi ... Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents Mr.V.M. Thorat for Petitioner Mr.M.D. Parab for Resp. No.3 Ms.S.S. Bhende, AGP, for Respondent State CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: 25th JUNE, 2009 P. C.: 1. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by Respondent No.1 in revision on the ground that it was not afforded a hearing by the revisional authority. Undisputedly the facts in the present case are that the Deputy Registrar passed an order appointing an Administrator for the society. Aggrieved by this order passed on 27.1.2009, the petitioner society preferred an appeal before the Divisional Joint Registrar i.e. Respondent No.4 herein. The order of the Deputy Registrar was stayed by the Divisional Joint Registrar after admitting the appeal. It appears that thereafter Respondent No.3 preferred a revision application before Respondent No.1 which was disposed of on 2.6.2009. The Petitioner contends that no hearing was afforded to the petitioner and therefore the order impugned must be set aisde. : 2 : 2. The learned AGP on instructions states that on 2.6.2009 when the order was passed, no hearing was afforded to the petitioner nor at any point earlier. In fact, an application was made on behalf of the petitioner society that the matter be adjourned since their representative was unwell. It appears however, that that application was rejected and the matter proceeded. 3. In my view, the order passed by Respondent No.1 is unsustainable as no hearing was given to the petitioner society. It is well settled that a quasi judicial authority must afford a hearing to the person against whom an adverse order is likely to be passed. The revisional authority has not followed this cardinal principle of law and therefore, the order will have to be set aside. 4. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of. The order impugned dated 2.6.2009 passed by Respondent No.1 is set aside. The matter is remanded to the appellate authority i.e. Respondent No.4. The appellate authority will decide the appeal filed by the petitioner within eight weeks from today. Till then, the parties will maintain status quo as of today.