s IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9992 of 1999 Between: R.M.Goapl, S/o. Subbarayudu, Hindu, Rep.By its Joint Secretary, The Andhra pradesh Coop. Urban & Town bank Employees Association, Hyderabad, R/o. Bhimavaram, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Cooperation & Registrar of Coop. Societies, Hyderabad. 2 Deputy Registrar of Coop. Societies, BHIMAVARAM, West Godavari District. 3 The Narsapur Coop. Urban bank Ltd., Rep.By its President, Narsapur, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 any Writ, order or direction particularly a Writ in the nature of MANDAMUS declaring the impugned direction in proceedings Rc. No. 4540/97-E, dated 8-3-1999 of the Second respondent and the consequential notice of the third respondent dated 15-4-1999 of the third respondent as arbitrary, illegal and by Nullifying the same direct the first respondent to finalise the proposals pending before him and further direct the third respondent-bank to regularise the services of the members of the petitioner-union Whose named are shown in the annexure as reflected in the notice dated 15-4-1999. Counsel for the Petitioner: DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENTS: GP FOR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed by the Urban & Town Bank Employees’ Association, Hyderabad, questioning the proceedings dated 08-03- 1999 in Rc.No.4540/97-E issued by the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies- the second respondent and the consequential notice dated 15-04-1999 issued by the President, Narsapur Cooperative Urban Bank Limited-the third respondent. The third respondent is a Cooperative Urban Bank Limited registered under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964. It has appointed 15 Bill Collectors and 4 Attenders on consolidated pay. On the ground that the said appointments were irregular as they were made without the prior approval of the Registrar of the Cooperative Societies, the impugned order dated 08-03-1999 was passed by the second respondent directing removal of the employees so appointed. Basing on this order, the consequential notice dated 15-04-1999 was issued by the third respondent calling upon the employees so appointed to show cause as to why they should not be retrenched. Counter-affidavit is filed by the respondents. Though the impugned proceedings were questioned on several grounds in view of the subsequent events that had taken place, it is not necessary to deal with those grounds in detail. When the matter is taken up, the learned counsel for the petitioner has produced a copy of the proceedings dated 10-01-2002 in Rc.No.31012/2001/UB-III issued by the Registrar of the Cooperative Societies by which the Registrar has approved and ratified the appointment of the 15 Bill Collectors and the 4 attenders made by the third respondent-Bank. In view of these proceedings, since the appointment of the 15 Bill Collectors and the 4 attenders made by the third respondent-Bank is ratified by the Registrar of the Cooperative Societies, the order dated 08-03-1999 and the consequential notice dated 15-04-1999 are set aside. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J Dated 11th June, 2008 vrn ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Commissioner of Cooperation & Registrar of Coop. Societies, Hyderabad. 2 Deputy Registrar of Coop. Societies, BHIMAVARAM, West Godavari District. 3 The Narsapur Coop. Urban bank Ltd., Rep.By its President, Narsapur, West Godavari District. 4 Two C.Cs to the G.P for Cooperative Societies. 5 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ESWAR}