WP(C) 3079/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY Heard Mr. Rofique, the learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Roy, the learned State counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3. The petitioners by the present petition are praying for a direction to t he respondent authorities more particularly the respondent No.4, not to shift th e office of the respondent No.4 outside the local limits of Sukhchar Gaon Pancha yat with a further prayer for directing the respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3, not to ap prove the resolution dated 09.01.2010 adopted by the Managing Committee of the r espondent No.4 for shifting the office of the said Samabai Samity outside the lo cal limits of Sukhchar Gaon Panchayat. According to the petitioners the said soc iety was granted the licence under the provisions of Assam Public Distribution o f Articles Order, 1982 with the condition that the business in terms of the said licence is to be carried out within the local limits of Sukhchar Gaon Panchayat . It is also the contention of the petitioners that the Managing Committee of th e respondent No.4 in its meeting dated 09.01.2010 decided to shift the office of the respondent No.4 outside the local limits of Sukhchar Gaon Panchayat, for wh ich the petitioners and others, who are the shareholders of the said society, su bmitted a representation dated 11.05.2010 before the District Registrar of Coope rative Society as well as the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Society, immedi ately on coming to know about the adoption of such resolution, but the said have not been considered till date. Section 63 of the Assam Cooperative Societies Act provides for settlemen t of the dispute between the Cooperative Societies and the shareholders of the s ociety. Section 64 of the Act empowers the Registrar to settle such dispute eith er by himself or by any other officer authorized by him. The dispute which has been raised by the petitioner, relates to certain facts which can conveniently be decided by the Registrar or by any other officer authorized to him. Moreover, since Section 63 of the Act provides resolution of the dispute by the Registrar or by any other officer authorized by him and the petitioners filed the representation dated 11.05.2010 before the District Regist rar of Cooperative Society as well as the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Soc iety, such representation required disposal. In view of the above, the District Registrar of Cooperative Society as w ell as the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Society shall forward the said rep resentation to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. The petitioners may also file a fresh representation before the Registrar enclosing therewith all the rel evant documents. The Registrar, thereafter, shall try to settle the dispute betw een the parties, as required under the provisions of the Act either by himself o r by any other officer authorized by him. It is needless to say that the Society and its Managing Committee shall be heard before passing any order by the Regis trar. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No cost.