IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 423 OF 2006 SHRI VITHOBA DESSAI, PONDA GOA. ....Petitioner Versus THE REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE ....Respondent SOCIETIES, PANAJI GOA. Mr. M.S. Sonak, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S. S. Kantak, Advocate General with Ms. R. Chodankar, Additional Government Advocate for the Respondent. Coram:- DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. Date:- 19th September, 2006 P.C.:- Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent taken up for final hearing. By this petition, the petitioner is challenging the Show Cause Notice dated 24-8-2006 issued by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Government of Goa, Panaji. After hearing the parties, we are not inclined to interfere at this stage. However, we permit the petitioner to file a reply with regard to the Show Cause Notice within a period of one week. The Registrar is directed to hear the matter after affording a personal hearing and dispose of the same expeditiously preferably within a period of four weeks. In the event, the order were to be adverse to the petitioner the same shall not be given effect for a period of two weeks after the receipt of the order by the petitioner. Rule is made absolute accordingly. All the contentions are kept expressly open. DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. RD.