Civil Writ Petition No. 16952 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 16952 of 2010 Date of Decision: 20.9.2010 Kewal Singh …Petitioner Versus Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Punjab, Chandigarh and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that even though the alternative remedy is available under Section 55 of the Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to “1961 Act”) but availing of the same will be illusionary as respondent No.5-Karamjit Singh is the son of the Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab and he apprehends that due to the political influence, the matter will not be adjudicated in right earnest. Such an apprehension is misplaced. It is to be assumed that the authorities always act independently and unbiased. On these observations, made by this Court, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner will avail of the alternative remedy available to him under Section 55 of the 1961 Act by instituting a petition within a period of 15 days from today. In case the petitioner avails such a Civil Writ Petition No. 16952 of 2010 2 remedy, his apprehension that the authorities will delay the culmination of the proceedings is set at rest by directing the concerned authority to decide the petition, to be filed under Section 55 of the 1961 Act, within a period of three months. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge September 20, 2010 “DK”