.. 1 .. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2916 OF 2009 Indira SRA Co-op.Hsg. Society Ltd. .. Petitioner. vs. Sr. Inspector of Police Cuff Pared Police Station Mumbai & Ors. ..Respondents. .... Mr.A.S. Desai, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms.U.V.Kejriwal, APP for the Respondent/State .... CORAM : J.N. PATEL AND A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE : 7th NOVEMBER 2009. P.C.: 1. This writ petition is filed on behalf of the Indira SRA Co-operative Housing Society Limited which is registered under Maharashtra Co- operative Societies Act, 1960 to direct respondent no.1- The Senior Inspector of Police, Cuffe Parade Police Station, Mumbai to provide police protection as per application made by the petitioner to hold Annual General Meeting of the Society at Y.B.Chavan, audotorium Mumbai. .. 2 .. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that the Society is formed by the persons who are residing at the Slum Area situated in Worli, Mumbai according to the Government policy and that the members of the Society wants to hold the meeting for the purpose of appointment of a Developer on or before 14th August 2009 which period has already expired, which was extended by the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Society, SRA to hold Annual General Meeting on or before 9th November 2009. From the pleading of the petition and the response given by the State through the Police Station, we are prima facie satisfied that if the Annual General Meeting of all the members who are approximately 2000 members, a posse of 15 Policeman, 5 lady constables and 1 Inspector will not be sufficient to maintain law and order in the matter. 3. It is the very case of the petitioner that they want to hold the Annual General Meeting under the police protection which itself denotes that the Managing Committee has no control over the members of the said Cooperative Society. Further, it would be proper that the Managing Committee of the Petitioner-Society should satisfy the Commissioner of Police and assure that they are capable of holding .. 3 .. the Annual General Body Meeting in a peaceful manner and preferably at some other venue which can accommodate atleast 2000 persons if any disturbance is likely to become in the Annual General Meeting, which may lead to law and order problem like riot such a gathering cannot be permitted in larger public interest. 4. Therefore, we dispose of this petition with a direction to the petitioner that they should sent a fresh proposal to the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai and obtain his permission for holding such Annual General Meeting. The Commissioner of Police may depute the concerned D.C.P. to consider the case of the petitioner and take a decision in the matter. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the members of the Managing Committee of the petitioner-Society would approach the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai on or before 9th November 2009. If the members of the Managing Committee wants, they can always approach the Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Society for further extension of time to the peculiar facts and circumstance and Deputy Director, Cooperative Society would consider such an application strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. .. 4 .. 6. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. (J.N.PATEL, J.) (A.A.SAYED, J.)