- 1 - HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6679 OF 2008 Gracy Anil Singh ... Petitioner. Vs. Abhyudaya Nagar Sahakari Griha Nirman Sansthan Sangh Ltd. & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. A.S. Desai for Petitioner. Mr. Raja Ghadge for Respondent Nos. 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19 to 21, 23, 27. Mr. M.R. Phal, for Respondent Nos.4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24 & 25. CORAM: SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE: 9TH APRIL, 2009. P.C. 1 By consent, the impugned order in this petition dated 19th September, 2008 passed under section 152-A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 is set aside. The parties agree that the election for the respondent No.1 society shall be held afresh. This is necessitated because when the election programme was published earlier, there was no publication of the fact that under section 73 (BBB) woman candidates can contest the election to the reserved posts. This Section requires that atleast one seat of the committee, depending on the number of members of the committee, must be reserved for women. 2 The elections held to the managing committee of the - 2 - respondent No.1 society are therefore set aside. The final voters' list as already published and the programme shall be issued by the Returning Officer within two weeks from today. Care shall be taken to give wide publicity to the fact that reservation for women is available under section 73 (BBB) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act. 3 A similar view has been taken in the case of Saralabai Arjun Bajaj & Others Vs. State of Maharashtra & Others, reported in 1993 Mh.L.J. 1127. Accordingly, this petition is allowed. The elections held earlier are set aside. The Election programme shall be published within two weeks from today, based on final voters' list, which is already in existence.