COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT, BABARAM SAHAI SHIKSHA SAMITI, BALLIA AND OTHERS Vs. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, FIRMS, SOCIETIES AND CHITS, AZAMGARH AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) - Heard Shri Sudhakar Pandey, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri K.N. Rai, the learned counsel for the respondent.

(2.) THE facts leading to the filing of the writ petition, as alleged by the petitioner is, that the respondent No. 3 was removed as a member of the Society by a resolution dated 20th February, 1982, which information, was sent to the Assistant Registrar. On 3rd January, 1991, an election was held, in which one Gorakh Nath Yadav was elected as the Secretary and the petitioner Kamleshwar Prasad Yadav was elected as the Deputy Secretary. It is stated that Gorakh Nath died on 17th April, 1992, and by a resolution dated 10th May, 1992, the petitioner No. 2 was allowed to work as the Secretary. It is further alleged that on 20th of February, 2001, fresh elections were held in which Kedar Nath Yadav was elected as the President and the petitioner No. 2 was elected as the Secretary. Relevant papers were submitted on 23rd October, 2001 and the Registrar, by its order dated 24.11.2001, accepted the list of office bearers of the Society submitted by the petitioner No. 2 and also renewed the registration of the Society by an order dated 24.11.2001. Based on the aforesaid order of the Registrar, the District Basic Shiksha Adhikari also attested the signatures of the petitioner No. 2 as the Manager of the educational institution which was being run by the Society.

(3.) BASED on the aforesaid directions, the parties filed their pleadings and documents before the Registrar and the matter was duly considered by the Assistant Registrar, who again passed the impugned order dated 3rd September, 2003 directing the list of office bearers of the respondent No. 3 to be registered under Section 4 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The petitioner, being aggrieved by the said order, has filed the present writ petition. Based on the order dated 3.9.2003, the District Basic Shiksha Adhikari passed an order dated 30.6.2004 attesting the signatures of respondent No. 3 against which Writ Petition No. 24541 of 2004 has been filed.