IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 5TH NOVEMBER 2009 / 14TH KARTHIKA 1931 WP(C).No. 31153 of 2009(L) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- GEORGE JOSEPH, MANNUMATTATH, NEDUMKANDAM P.O., IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADVS.MR.B.S.SWATHY KUMAR SMT.P.A.ANITHA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (GEN.) IDUKKI. 2. THE L.I.C.AGENTS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.NO.I-394, NEDUMKANDAM P.O., IDUKKI DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 3. K.G.JAYA, VALIPLACKAL, ATTAPPALLAM P.O., KUMALY, IDUKKI DISTRICT. 4. JOSEPH.T.M., THEKKEL, NETTITHOZHU P.O., IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR. DILIP MOHAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/11/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J ............................................... W.P(C) No. 31153 of 2009 ................................................. Dated this the 5th day of November, 2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a member of the 2nd respondent Co-operative Society. His grievance in this writ petition is that in the meeting of the managing committee of the society held on 21.10.2009, for the purpose of adopting a resolution for conducting election to the managing committee, a resolution was also adopted to enroll 77 persons as members of the society, out of which 35 persons including respondents 3 and 4 are ineligible to be enrolled as members, since they are not agents working in the LIC branch of Nedumkandam, which is a condition precedent for becoming eligible to be members of the 2nd respondent society. Complaining about this alleged illegal enrollment of members, petitioner and others have filed Ext.P1 objections before the 1st respondent. Petitioner, for the present, confines his relief for a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P1 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 3. When Ext.P1 petition has been filed before the 1st respondent, complaining of illegal enrollment of members, the 1st respondent has a duty to consider and pass orders on the same, W.P(C) No. 31153 of 2009 -2- expeditiously. In the above circumstances, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P1, after affording an opportunity of being heard to all concerned, including the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, with one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE rhs