IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN THURSDAY, THE 18TH MARCH 2010 / 27TH PHALGUNA 1931 WP(C).No. 7937 of 2010(N) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- MANJESHWER SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD.NO.323, MANJESHWER REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, S.RAMACHANDRA. BY ADV. SRI.KODOTH SREEDHARAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, CO-OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE RUBBER CO-OPERATIVE LTD., K.V.R.TOWER, IVTH FLOOR, KANNUR. 3. THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, M.G.ROAD, KASARAGOD. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.SURENDRA MOHAN, J ........................................... WP(C).NO.7937 OF 2010 ............................................ DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a Co-operative Society registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act. The Society is running a Bank, which is a Primary Service Co-operative Bank, accepting deposits from members and non members and granting loans for various purposes. The petitioner had made a fixed deposit for a short term with the second respondent, Co-operative Society. The deposit was subsequently renewed on 8.9.2007. The complaint of the petitioner is that though the deposit has matured, the amount has not been paid to the petitioner, till date. 2. The petitioner has therefore filed an Arbitration Case, ARC 1218 of 2008. He complains that the said case has not been disposed of till date. According to the counsel for the petitioner, since the matter involves only a limited question regarding the return of a fixed deposit, the case does not involve any contentious questions of fact or law that require eloborate consideration. In spite of the above, the Wpc 7937/2010 2 matter has been pending for a long time. 3. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of directing the third respondent to try and dispose of ARC 1218 of 2008 pending before him, as expeditiously as possible, and at any rate, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JUDGE lgk