HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.22628 of 2010 Date: April 07, 2011 Between: 1. G. Purnachander Rao & another … Petitioners and 1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Hyderabad & 3 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.22628 of 2010 O R D E R: The petitioners seek a declaration to the District Registrar under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 (for brevity ‘the Act of 2001’), Narasaraopet, Guntur District, the fourth respondent, to receive the papers submitted by them under letter dated 17.8.2010 and record the new body elected on 12.8.2010 for the Chandra Lift Irrigation Society, Guntur District. 2. The petitioners are members of the Chandra Lift Irrigation Society, Guntur, a society registered under the A.P. Societies Registration Act, 2001, with Registration No.131 of 2003. According to them, an election was conducted on 12.8.2010 for constituting the managing committee of the said society. However, when the said information was furnished to the fourth respondent, no action was taken thereupon. Hence, this writ petition. 3. The District Registrar and Registrar of Societies, Narasaraopet, Guntur District, the fourth respondent, filed his counter stating that he had nothing to do with the internal activities of the society, but in the light of the disputes which had arisen among the members of the society, he had called for objections upon the list furnished by the petitioners under the letter dated 17.8.2010. Having stated so, the fourth respondent referred to Section 23 of the Act of 2001 which requires the disputes regarding management within the society to be settled through the process of the District Court concerned. He concluded by stating that being the registering authority, he had no power to interfere with the affairs of the Managing Committee of the society or its internal disputes. 4. The stand taken by the fourth respondent as is evident from his counter-affidavit, is self-contradictory. Having stated that he had no role to play in the internal affairs of the society, it is surprising to note that the fourth respondent called for objections upon the letter dated 17.8.2010 submitted by the petitioners. 5. It is pertinent to note that Section 9 of the Act of 2001 requires the Registrar to accept the list of names and addresses of the members of the Managing Committee and the officers entrusted with the management of the affairs of the society. This list is to be filed by the society within 15 days from the date of holding the election in the general body meeting. In the present case, the election is said to have been held on 12.8.2010 and the results thereof, including the names and addresses of the persons elected, were furnished to the fourth respondent under the letter dated 17.8.2010. Section 9 requires that the fourth respondent receive and register the same for the purpose of record. Nothing further is required from the fourth respondent in this regard and he has no authority to entertain doubts as to the validity of the election or disputes, if any, in connection therewith. 6. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the fourth respondent, the District Registrar and Registrar of Societies, Narasaraopet, Guntur District, to receive, under acknowledgement, for the purpose of record the names and addresses of the members of the Managing Committee of Chandra Lift Irrigation Society, Guntur, in accordance with Section 9 of the Act of 2001. In the circumstances, there shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: April 07, 2011. Note: Issue C.C. by 13.4.2011. //B.O.// BSB