SSK/ 1 WP/992.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORINDARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 992 OF 2011 Mrs. Sweety Sunil Mehra ....Petitioner Versus The Registrar of Co-operative Societies & Ors. ...Respondents and WRIT PETITION NO. 993 OF 2011 Mr. Sunil Mehra HUF ....Petitioner Versus The Registrar of Co-operative Societies & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. B. Unnikrishnan for the petitioners. Mr. J. Saluja, AGP for respondent nos. 1, 2 & 7. Mr. Jimmi Pochkhanvala i/b. Mr. Vinod Juwale for respondent nos. 4 to 6. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & RANJIT MORE, JJ. DATED : 14th JULY, 2011. P.C.: Admittedly, though administrator is appointed, the administrator has not taken charge of the Society. This statement is made by learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 1, 2 & 7 on the basis of the instructions received by him from 2nd respondent-Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies. This statement is confirmed by counsel for respondent nos. 4 to 6. SSK/ 2 WP/992.11 2. It is important to note that administrator was appointed on 2nd September, 2007. A long period has elapsed. Since the administrator could not take charge of the affairs of the Society, in our opinion, the Society must hold elections. 3. Learned counsel for 2nd respondent states that within a period of three months, the elections to the Managing Committee of the Society will be held. We accept this statement. After the elections take place and the new Managing Committee is elected, the petitioners will be at liberty to make an application to the new Managing Committee for enrollment as members. Needless to say that the new Managing Committee shall expeditiously dispose of the petitioners’ applications considering the fact that their earlier applications were pending for a long time and due to peculiar facts and circumstances of the case could not be disposed of. 4. We record the statement of learned counsel for respondent nos. 4, 5 & 6 that respondent no.4 will give necessary assistance to respondent no.2 to facilitate holding of elections. 5. The petitions are disposed of in the aforestated terms. (RANJIT MORE, J.) (SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.)