The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.17734 of 2010 Date: 14-12-2011 Between: K.Shiva Kumar Goud and another ..... Petitioners AND The Toddy Tappers Co-operative Society, Bodhan, rep. by its President, T.Rama Goud and 2 others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Mr.S.Surender Reddy Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr.Nandigam Krishna Rao Counsel for respondent Nos.2 & 3: AGP for Prohibition & Excise. The Court made the following : Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1- Toddy Tappers Co-operative Society (for short ‘the Society’), in not extending the benefits of the Society to the petitioners from the date of their admission as members i.e., from 05-10-2007, and the inaction of respondent Nos.2 and 3, in initiating action against respondent No.1 for not complying with its own proceedings bearing Rc.No.1/2008, dated 08-12- 2008, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners approached respondent No.1 for their admission into the Society. The president of the Society has issued a memorandum vide Rc.No.1/2008, dated 08-12-2008, wherein the petitioners were informed that they were admitted in the Society as members vide Managing Committee Resolution, dated 05-10-2007, and that decision regarding entrustment of work and giving benefits will be taken in the next Managing Committee and General Body meetings of the Society. The petitioners’ grievance is that, despite the said proceedings, no benefits have been extended nor any work has been entrusted to them. The petitioners pleaded that even though they have approached respondent Nos.2 and 3 for taking action against respondent No.1, no such action was initiated against respondent No.1. Separate counter-affidavits have been filed by respondent Nos.1 and 2. In his counter-affidavit, the President of respondent No.1- Society inter alia stated that the petitioners were admitted as its members on 05-10- 2007 and were extended the benefits up to July, 2008, by paying amounts under Money Orders (MOs) on 15-01-2008, 18-03-2008 and 31-07-2008; that, in the year 2008-09, respondent No.1 sustained losses and that therefore, dividends could not be paid to the petitioners. It is further stated that, even though works were entrusted to the petitioners, right from the date of their admission, they did not turn up to do the same and have been sitting idle. In my opinion, the dispute raised by the petitioners in this Writ Petition is comprehended by Section 61 of the A.P.Co-operative Societies Act, 1964. Under the said provision, if any dispute arises inter alia between a member and the Society touching the constitution, management or the business of such Society, the same can be raised before the Registrar. As the whole grievance of the petitioners is against the Society, of which they are members, the appropriate remedy for them is to raise the dispute under Section 61 of the Act, before the Registrar, and a Writ Petition, which is a public law remedy, is not the appropriate remedy for redressal of their grievances. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to avail the above- mentioned remedy. As a sequel, interim order, dated 07-10-2010, is vacated and WVMP.No.5285 of 2010 and WPMP.No.22417 of 2010 are disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 14th December, 2011 LUR