IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8730 of 2009 Usha Kumari Gupta @Usha Kumari, wife of Shri Anand Kumar Gupta, resident of Mohalla-Surya Surojit Villa, Flat No.103, behind L.I.C. „Jeewan Jyoti‟ building, Exhibition Road, Patna. ….. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The I.G. (Registration), Department of Registration, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. Jagdish Prasad, son of not known to the petitioner, Secretary-cum- Chairman, Surya Surojeet Villa Private Owners‟ Society, resident of Flat No.301, Surya Surojeet Villa, behind “Jeewan Jyoti” Building, Exhibition Road, P.S. Gandhi Maidan, District-Patna. …… Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Ajay Prasad, Advocate. For respondents no.1 &2 : S.C. VI. For respondent no.3 : Mr. Naresh Kumar Malhotra, Senior Advocate. Mr. Binod Kumar Sinha-2, Advocate. ------- 03/ 15.11.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State of Bihar and its authority as well as learned counsel for respondent no.3. 2. Petitioner is the owner of Flat No.103 in Surya Surojeet Villa, Exhibition road, Patna, whereas respondent no.3 is the Secretary-cum-Chairman of the said Apartment Society. It transpires that an application filed by respondent no.3 is pending before the Inspector general (Registration), Govt. of Bihar, Patna (respondent no.2) for registration of bye-laws of the Apartment. The grievance of the petitioner is that without hearing her on her objection the said matter should not be decided by the said authority. 3. Learned counsel for respondent no.3 submits that he has got no objection if opportunity of hearing is granted to the - 2 - petitioner by the aforesaid authority. 4. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to Inspector General (Registration) Govt. of Bihar, Patna (respondent no.2) to hear both the parties in the 1st week of December, 2010 and decide the matter expeditiously, preferably within a period of one month from the date of hearing. During the pendency of the aforesaid matter before respondent no.2, no steps for registration of the said society shall be taken. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)