IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 5TH JANUARY 2010 / 15TH POUSHA 1931 WP(C).No. 36704 of 2009(G) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- N.N.REGHU,S/O.LATE NANDANAN,AGED 43 YEARS, NERIYANKOTTU HOUSE,MAMANGALAM,PALARIVATTOM, NOW WORKING AS BANKMAN,FEDERAL BANK, EDAPPALLY,ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.VINU CHAND. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. BANK EMPLOYEES,CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD, E-237,P.B NO.36,BANK JUNCTION,ALUVA,REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE JOINT REGSTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES,ERNAKULAM. R2 BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER MR. K.C. SANTHOSH KUMAR. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/01/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. P.N.RAVINDRAN,J. ---------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.36704 of 2009 - G ---------------------------------------- Dated 5th January, 2010 Judgment The petitioner who is a member of the first respondent Co-operative society has filed this writ petition seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the first respondent to consider Ext.P1 loan application and to take a decision therein at the earliest. The first respondent is a co-operative society. It is not an authority within the meaning of the term 'State' occurring in Article 12 of the Constitution of India. It is also not an instrumentality or agency of the State. Further, the petitioner has not been able to establish that the society has a public or statutory duty to sanction the loans applied for. In such circumstances, I am constrained to hold that no relief can be granted to the petitioner. The writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. P.N.RAVINDRAN Judge vaa