IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23517 of 2007 Between: Balam Venkateswara Rao S/o Satyanarayana Bayyannagudem PACS, r/o Bayyannagudem, Koyyalagudem Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Cooperative Officer, West Godavari District at Eluru 2 The Deputy Registrar o Cooperative Societies, Kovvur Division, Kovvur, West Godavari District. 3 The Bayyannagudem PACS, Bayyanagudem Koyyalagudem Mandal, West Godavari District rep by its President Sri Parepally Veeraswamy. 4 Sri Thamma Venkata Reddy S/o Rami Reddy The Bayyannagudem PACS, Bayyanagudem Koyyalagudem, Mandal, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, or order or direction more particularly Writ of mandamus directing the Respondents 1 to 2 conduct the General Body of the 3rd respondent society to consider the tampering of the Resolution No.5 dated 30-09-2007 pertaining to reinstatement of the 4th respondent and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.BOBBA VIJAYALAKSHMI Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR COOPERATION Counsel for Respondent No.3: Smt. A. Jayanthi The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner is one of the directors of the managing committee of the 3rd respondent – society. He is said to have requested the District Cooperative Oﬃcer, West Godavari and the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Kovvur to convene a meeting of the general body of the society to examine whether resolution No.5 said to have been passed on 30-09-2007 by the general body pertaining to the reinstatement of the 4th respondent into service, was tampered. His grievance is that no action has been taken on his request. The 3rd respondent ﬁled a counter aﬃdavit opposing the plea of the petitioner. It is stated that the discrepancy in the resolution has since been rectified. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner; learned Government Pleader for Cooperation and Smt. A. Jayanthi, learned counsel for respondent No.3. Not only the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 and the rules framed thereunder, but also the bye-laws of the 3rd respondent – society prescribe the procedure to be followed for convening a meeting of the general body or the managing committee, as the case may be. Any request for such meetings is to be made by a speciﬁc number of persons. It is diﬃcult to accede to the request of only one individual, whether director, or an ordinary member, to convene a meeting. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to take necessary steps in accordance with law. L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J 06-11-2008 ks ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Cooperative Officer, West Godavari District at Eluru 2 The Deputy Registrar o Cooperative Societies, Kovvur Division, Kovvur, West Godavari District. 3 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Cooperation, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.