IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 18578 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION : 12.11.2008 The Ludhiana Cheap Coop. House Building Society Ltd. .... PETITIONER Versus Addl. Registrar Cooperative Societies, Punjab, Chandigarh and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. M.S. Bedi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. M.S. Sindhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab,for respondents No.1 to 4. Mr. Munish Bhardwaj, Advocate, for respondent No.5. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner Society has filed this petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the order dated 7.7.2006 (Annexure P-7), passed by the Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab, whereby the revision petition filed by the petitioner Society was dismissed, with an observation that the appeal filed by respondent No.5, which was pending before the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Payal, District Ludhiana (respondent No.4 herein), should be disposed of within a period of one month from the receipt of the said order. The contention of the petitioner Society before the Additional CWP No. 18578 of 2006 -2- Registrar and before this Court is that the appeal, filed by respondent No.5, which is pending before respondent No.4 against the resolutions dated 13.8.1992 (Annexure P-1) and 4.1.1993 (Annexure P-2) is not maintainable on the ground of delay as well as it being the second appeal. Undisputedly, the aforesaid appeal is pending before respondent No.4 and has not been decided so far, because of the interim order passed by this court. After arguing for some time, when this court is not inclined to entertain this petition against the order dated 7.7.2006 (Annexure P-7), learned counsel for the petitioner Society states that the petitioner Society may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to appear before respondent No.4 and raise its objection with regard to maintainability of the said appeal. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. However, keeping in view the order passed by the Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab, we direct the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Payal, District Ludhiana (respondent No.4 herein) to hear the said appeal on the preliminary objection as well as on merits, after hearing counsel for the parties, and decide the same within a period of two months from today. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 12, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE