LAWS(GJH)-2010-5-8

AABEDINBHAI S BALDIWALA Vs. REGISTRAR CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

Decided On May 13, 2010
AABEDINBHAI S BALDIWALA Appellant
V/S
REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appeal is directed against the judgment of learned Single Judge dated 14-7-2009 passed in Special Civil Application No. 7043 of 2009.

(2.) The appellants were the original petitioners. In the petition, they had challenged an order dated 19-12-2008 passed by the Registrar of the Cooperative Societies by which the Board of Directors of Alavi Co-operative Bank Limited, Vadodara ("the Bank" for short) were removed and an Administrator was appointed for a period of one year in exercise of powers under Sec. 115A of the Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 ("the Cooperative Societies Act" for short). The petitioners had also challenged a subsequent communication dated 6-5-2009 from the Assistant General Manager of the R.B.I, conveying to the petitioners that their request for restoration of the earlier Board of Directors of the Bank has been examined but found not acceptable at present.

(3.) Facts in short are as follows :