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Sri T P Venkataramana S/O Sri … vs State Of Karnataka on 28 August, 2008

Karnataka High Court
Sri T P Venkataramana S/O Sri … vs State Of Karnataka on 28 August, 2008
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[By Smt. Asha. M. Ku'1V9fib$rg¢:1'iméitE1,'&_xf4lt'.;:';C}P:f::)r R1-R4;
Sri. G. Chandraghekaraiah, Adv. fez.'_R5..3s R8;
Sri. D.    Adva. for R6]

THIS PE'I'I1'IONIS.F'I£,EvD {INS-3Ei?_';'!.R'i_?ICLES 226 AND 227 01?
THE C0NS1TFvU'PION.GF.INDIA,A mavmfirro QUASH THE ENQUIRY
REPOR/r smmr1*'rE:3 BY '_If§-If3.._!?EES?ONDEN'F AS WELL AS 4m
Rssponnygmiijirr. .31,1'.2006_ V153 ':'~;h'NEX.T3 AND UP. 17.2.2005
AS PER;~AH?$EX..P..*1 RES«PI*1C'!'iVE!:i' AND ALSO THE: ORDER PASSED

THEREIN BY R3 D1'.  v:DE"zx:i:;~:§:x.A*I'2~'gs1~:n E'I'C.,

THIS PE1"3*i1'6NTA dovmiiéé ..'}¢~oR i57R'Ei,:M1NARY HEARING,
13* GROUP, THI'.§i_DAY, THE  THE FOLLOWING:

4__.V.Petiti;):i;1'<=§rs*. are  are fomaerly part of the

  __of the ftfith respondent-cooperative

Vv as president and the
§d;:icty respectively. It appears, during

V _ «..Qf i)etitioneI’s, they had either managed or
Z the affairs of the society. Some of the

of the society being of the View that it was mom

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mismanagement than any management, a

complaint which resulted in an cnq1firg~’§etid

report having further being,

resulted in the petitionerey their:

respective oflices. p;’esefkt.__ is in the

context of seeldngfor refiefi…

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quash ezcbrrtitted by the

‘V 4″‘ Respondent
1′{o.No,_ _§¢$c§o~’23:moaa°&.eb:154/2003-

V A3’!/}f)I,(’20O6 as per Ame

V 3.z5c9a’a3:r§,5:9’7/2003-04

_vdaéied.:3»7/02/2605 as per Annexure-R1

. ” and also the Order passed
=”the 3″‘ Respondent bearing

” V N’o.No_. “§,,.;fa;«2easé.~154/2oo4~o5 dated

‘V O2/2006, as perxlnreg,

Issue’ in the nature of mandamus

the 1*’ Respondent certiorari to

X the sale deed exemtted by the sa-
‘ Respondent in favour of the 6*”

Respondent, as per Annmcure-G in
Document No.BNG(U}KNG:R/15264/200}
2003 dated 1 1/10/2001,

issuewrétinthenatureofmwzdamus
directing the 1-” Rwpondent by an
independent Ofiioer not below the rank of

the Sewetary ofthe Department of Co-Op.
Dept. to conduct an enquiry on the alleged

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charges made against the 5% Resppiadent

by the Petitioners and to subnzit,¢:–frepon
wzd there upon to direct
take necessary actions
proposed emzuw vfmtéfizplatedk _ ‘

(cl) issue writ in thejtature qf’.

quash the of

as per A V }§Ia.A/I/M/
DAP/ 3/ 02/ 05/2006,

(‘9) issue %j’:’t?ze ‘nature: of mandamus
to appoint to
qfits power (1/3 31 of

” true Societies Act.

A;5u5 br:gsfA:’*fl;e«..j§1rg3’ers, prayer (a) is for quashing the
sale deed execurgd Vt:-gs in favour of sixth
respondent.f;i1idA.to ffesh enquiry by quashmg the

ear;1’ic_1_’V __ The petitioners have also sought

{pr tit) Efifi to appoint a special ofiicer to
sc;ciety’.By. éjfizitismg his power under Section 3 1 of the
Societies Act, 1959 [for short, the

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3. It appears, the petitioners had an
appeal under Section 106 of the Act of
cooperative societies, .1:

report, but the appeal e’1’1′:

endorsement dated that L’ the
petitioners are so in respect of

any orders passed of cooperative

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societies._ .

4. Notices iespondems and they
have (-3Il’i’.,§I’e__(l.A counsel. Ms Asha M

Kumbarage government -pleader is

V I to 4; respondents 5 and 8 are

% Sri o Chandxashekarmah’ and the xixth

;espeeeeeee’ie by sad I) Prabhakar and Sri o

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D Prabhakar, learned counsel for the sixth

’11” submits that the sixth respondent is a person

“srho has been allotted a. site and a bonafide member and

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no illegality on the part of the society in aflottiti’g_’fl1e site;

that on the other hand, it is the petitioIi.efe’«’ not

even paid the value of the

their favour.

6. Learned counsel would also
submit that the to the enquiry
on the complaint is yet to be put into

action; us who are facing a

series of er1qui1’ie:ss;V.V enquiry, their
lapses were from their
ofiices and in is nothing that is
to court in the present writ
dial} tlzvewregisn-ax is required to take

to the enquiry report in terms

ez_1.x§exu1e«V writ petition.

V submitted that the present enquiry report
did’:£$¢§t,_r§B1ate to the petitioners’ action per se, but action

If ” ‘the part of the successor management after the

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petitioners ceased to be in the management. society

etc.

8. Be that as it may, i_¢rr;’:1; of

issued to quash a sale deed, W11ichE\exe€:a1t€xi by at private

cooperative society in of its is open to
the petitioners to it that may
be availablefor The return of their

appeal é=-fziixiotfsejiieiit-~V’:at Annexure-V is more

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than justified, tfi-3;” in the very
endorsement an appeal does
not lie ayjnst Section 106 of the
Act? V. An «fies against a consequential

direc~tjot1:’a.t1d sought to be executed based on the

._ under Annexuve-‘I’-3 is yet to

V learned government pleader points out that
registrar had issued directions to the

of the society in terms of the communication

,,(g/

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dated 5-1 1-2005 {copy at Annexure-Y to the_petition]

along with the additional documents _vwrit

petition, pointing out that ‘liyeeiiofe

that the enquiry has :};¢os§:edtcrsate_i:-§’av§ur V

of sixth respondent for’of’ “sale
below the market; to be some
collusion in the management and the
purchaserfé was required to
take the site into its
will be taken against the

o’tt::’§e._.’pi*ov’isions of the Act etc.

10. Howevfijex’, -leardned for the sixth respondent

by’. to Annexure-T-2 dated 6-2-2006

registrar, submits that the

tat had been enquired into and an

2 ‘V . be passed with certain directions and it
K’ ddaeddtttough the complaint has not been examined

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11. If the petitioners in so far as the action”: against

them for removing from their offices had

approached the higher autléiorifies ‘

earlier round of nugasipn oad V A those
proceedings had come and; it yet
again in this w1’it;::;5etiti-.;5oé_ far’ as their complaint
against in terms of any

further ‘up:acfion is requ:red’ to be

LUUKi LII’ RHKNHIHRH HIUH \..\JUK!’,1—“._|” KHKNHIHRH HIV” LUUK’ U!” IKHKNHIHIKH HIUH LLJUKI L)!” RAKNHIHRH !’lI|.Jl”l RUDE! Ur RHKIVMIHRF ruvru \u\I|Jl\

taken, the provisions to

take such action __o.sx in tersxs of the Act.

12. In the this writ petition is disposed of

with to second respondent registrar to tako

__ in respect of all reports Where

‘V is kin the matter of enquiry conducted
the– bearers of fifth respondent society, which

Z 2: so far looked into and disposed of by the

The registrar to do such action within three