1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3774 OF 2008 Nashik Vibhagiya Sahakari Mandal Ltd .. Petitioners Vs 1. Pashim Maharahstra Pradeshik Sahakari Mandal Ltd & ors .. Respondents Mr. P.D.Desai, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. S.S.Patwardhan, for respondent nos 1 to 3. Mr R.M. Patne, AGP for respondent nos 4 and 5. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 30/11/2009 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Rule. By consent, rule made returnable forthwith. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents waive service. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the petition is taken up for hearing and final disposal at the admission stage itself. 2. In view of the order I propose to pass, I am not recording detail reasons and the learned counsel for the parties have also agreed for the following order. T 2 (i) Application filed by the petitioners for division of the society and/or registration of their society before the Divisional Joint Registrar in August, 2007 is restored to file and the Divisional Joint Registrar is directed to hear the said application afresh after giving an opportunity of being heard to respondent nos 1 to 3 on merits in accordance with law. If the application filed by the petitioners in August,2007, for any reason, is not traceable, it is open to the petitioners to file fresh application within a period of four weeks from today, with an advance copy thereof to respondent nos 1 to 3. The Divisional Joint Registrar shall hear and decide the said application as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The Divisional Joint Registrar shall decide the said application without being influenced by the observations made in the orders impugned in the present writ petition. Until the petitioners’ application, as aforementioned, is considered and decided finally, the parties are directed to maintain status-quo as of today and, if the order passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar is adverse to the petitioners, the parties shall maintain status-quo for a further period of two weeks from the date of communication of the order. The orders impugned in the present writ petition shall render ineffective on the Divisional Joint Registrar disposing of the petitioners’ 3 application. (ii)With these observations, rule is made absolute in terms of this order. (iii) Parties to act on an authenticated copy of this order. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)