K.Shankar v. The State of Telangana

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

(SPecial Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY. THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY^FOUR

PRESENT

Between:

1. Santosh Kumar Jena, S/o J Gadar Jena Aged.about 45 years' Occ --. Pvt ' 5;;;. doCi"ty nrurou*nip N" tzza7, R7o H No33-13i Asha officers Colony, RK Puram. Tirumalgiri, Secunderabad

2 X.Ei;;"U;,'brc xonorirr',, Ag;d Loort³⁵vears occ Pvt Service societv Membership No.4836, R/o Champapet. Hyderablq

e Smi k.Lir,irrmi Wro r Sampitfi Aged 'about⁵⁵years, occ Housewife' - So"ietv Mehbership No 51^{1 1} , R/o Champapet Hyderabad a EVen(atesh, S/o E.Balaiah, Aged about'46 year6, Occ Pvt Servrce' Society Membership No.5246, R/o Gaiwel. Medak ljrstrrct

s F n"uinrierl^Slo Rqamaiah, A'ged aoout 57 years, occ Pvt Service' Society Membership No.4830, R/o Asifnagar' Hyd-erabad

o i.Enr"d;injiT,, 5lo i.naj"iir, Aged aoo,it⁵⁰vears occ Pvt service Societv Membership No. R/o Old Bowenpally Hyderabad ,

z i nrohrur' Chari.^S/o

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S anjhiah Aged about 45 years Occ Pvt ' #;:;"i;"[tu Mero"tinip No 6iio+ R/o Cheppal Bazar Hvderabad g S.sur a Kumaii, Wo G.Shivanand. Aged about 50 years. ucc^' r'lousewrre - SoiGiu rraJmO"rinip No.6936, R/o Kushaiguda, Hyderabad

s 6:$?r;;;;,^"sA "c.t;liidn ngeo ab"out 60

'vears occ Pvt service' " s";r;ilM;;beiship No 6933, R/okushaiguda Hvderabad ro 5]sriJsii'i;;;i S/" Sl_,nsaiah Aged ibout 52.years .occ^Pvt Service. Society Membership No.6953, R/o Champapet, Hyderabao

ll Jni"riinr, wlo.t'sriniv-ai-iiao ngeo about-4b years' occ Housewife' Society Membership No 8534' R/o Rejamental py3r ' Secunoeraoao

rZ rl.Sr,nivas, S/o N.kotes-war iiio ng'eo aboqt 5q years occ Pvt Service ' S"""iiiiv M",ib"t'tr,'ip*'r'l"o:eb,-R/q"H No 5-3-116ti Bapuji Nagar' Yapral' lledchal Malkajgiri District

Ail ih;-p;iitio;'e"r. h.r"ii'ar" th-e Temqer,s of sri Ramalinqeswara weaker

s""iion5 cooperative rio..['ing'soci", Ltd. Kushaiguda, N/edchal Malkajgiri

District

...PETtrtoNERS

AND

'1 The State of Telangana, Rep by itsPrrnc-Lpal Secretary nslg1l!1t9311.Co Operation(Co-op-l*DDepartment,BRKRBhavan,Telanganasecretarral' Tank Bund. Hvderabad

2^ih; b;;i;;i;;;6rc" operation and Registrar of Co-operative Societies' 3rd Floor, Gruhakalpa. M J Road. Hyderabad

THE HONOURABLE^SMT JUSTICE T.MADHAVI^DEVI

W-P-NO: 26248 OF 2024

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3. The Deputy Registrar/ District Cooperative Officer, Medchal Malkajgiri District, Room No.10, '1st Floor, Block No.2, Near ORR, Keesara, Hyderabad

4. The Assistant Registrar Cum Election Officer. O/o Dislrict Cooperative Officer. Medchal Malkajgiri District

5. The Telangana State Cooperative Election Authority, 3rd Floor, Gruhakalpa, M.J.Road, Hyderabad

6. Munuganti Suresh, S/o Munuganti Rama Chary, Aged about 52 years. Occ. Ex. President, R/o H.No.10-3-1 19, R.L.Nagar, Rampally, Keesara Mandal, Hyderabad Q01 301

7. Mir Wazir Al[ S/o Mir Naqi Aged about 55 years, Occ. Ex Managing Committee, [t/ember, R/o 45-288/8, Hydernagar, Near Darga, Malkajgiri, Hyderabad

B. Anitha Goud, Wo Suman Goud Aged about 45 Years, R/o EWS-55, A.P.l.l.C Colony, ECIL Post, Kapra Hyderabad

9. Suman Gaud, S/o Jagannatham Goud, Aged about 50 Years, R/o H.No 3B-3- 265-88/3, Sainath Puram, Vijaya Lakshmi Ganapathi Apartment, Malka.igiri, Medchal lVlalkajgiri District

l0.Ch.Rajesh, S/o Not known to petitioners, Aged about 51 Years, R/o EWS-55, A.P l.l.0 Colony, ECIL Post, Kapra. Hyderabad

11. D,K.Kumari, Wo D,Srinivas Vrjay, Aged about 48 Years, R/o EWS-55, A.P.l l.0 Colony, ECIL Post, Kapra, Hyderabad

12.Shiva Kumar, S/o Not known to petitioner R/o EWS-55, A P.l.l.C Colony, ECIL Post' Kapra' Hyderabad

...RES'.NDENT'

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Qrder or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, (a).questioning the issuance of the impugned Election Notice under Rule 22 (SAXvii) in Form-1 , dt.13 Og.2024 in Rc.No.O1/RLICHSI2O24- Elec., to the Managing Committee of Sri Ramalingeswara Weaker Sections Cooperative Housing Society Ltd, Medchal tt/alkajgiri District, referring the Proc. Rc.No.8'12|MDLI SCEA|2020, dt.'10.09.2024 of the State Cooperattve Election Authority, Telangana, Hyderabad, (b).without following estabilshed Rules and Procedures for housing society, like, without updating the Iist of Society Members, without sending impugned Election Notice to the members on record. (c).without considering the objections .filed by the members dt.30.07.2024, raising the objections for the Published Voters Lisl dt.22.07.2024, lo add^the names of the petitioners, thereto. as vitiated, illegal, arbitrary, in violation of Rule 22(6) of Telangana Cooperative Societies Rules, 1964 and against to the principals of natural justice and consequently stay all further proceeding by way of setting aside the impugned Election Notice under Rule 22 (BA)(vii) in Form-1, dt.13.Og 2024 in Rc.No.01/RL tCHSt2}24-Elec. issued by the Respondent No.4.

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IA NO: 1 OF 2024

PetitionunderSectionl5lCPCprayingthatinthecircumstancesstated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court^may be pleased to

suspend the operation of the impugned Election Notice under Rule 22 (BA)(vii)ⁱⁿ

Form-l, dt.13.0g.2024 in Rc No.01/RL/ CHS/2024-Elec' issued by^the Respondent No.4 pending disposal of the above writ petition'

IA^{NO: 2}oF²⁰²⁴

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated

intheaffidavitfiledinsupportofthepetition,theHighcourtmaybepleasedto stay^all further proceeding by way of setting aslde the impugned t1u"1166 Notioe

under Rule 22 (BA)(vii) in Forrn-1 , dt 13 Og 2024 in Rc No 01/RL/CHS/2Q24-Elec'

issued by the Respondent No.4 pending disposal^of the above writ petition'

1 K.Shankar, S/o K.srinivas Aged about 60 years' Occ Retired^' Society Membership ruo ros)'e'i ,"nlo'"Si;g;p;ily Vittjge Hat

Malkajgiri District

2 B.Yellaiah, S/o Late Balaiah, Aged about 70 years Occ Pvt Service' Society ' tiJ,i'o?lriii 1i":i03sa ;i/', ivtuihi eotta'u*'Post Alwal Hvderabad

3 G.L Narend",, sro iia,illit.-Ag-;d 1Fui..54 vea" obc Pvt" service' societv [r/emb"rsnip"

-ru;.'ii+b, 'n7o rt"t No.4-'B-730/138. Adarsh Nagar, BollarJm, HYderabad 500⁰¹⁰

4 S.Sri Ramulu, slo r-jtJ!"riaisimlu Aged about 62 years' Occ Retd^' Society - il#b;;h;tNo 5r7ios, R/o tr/ladannapet, Hvderahad

5 Venkat Dhatrik sto iJieb G;;i!d,46;ci a6out 40 vears' occ Pvt service' Societv Membership

-r'rllza'fi

sr ' C7o n'l"arreapally sebunderabad

Xii"i;J ;1;iitiffi;; ft;;;i;;;; *," ,"'r"i' or'sri Ramaringeswara .weaker d""iion;-cooperativl'"rio;ng Society Ltd, Kushaiguda. lVledchal fi/lalkajgrn

District ...'ETIT.ONERS

AND

1. The State of Telangana Rep by itsPrinciPal Secretary Agriculture and^Co-

d!..",iffi ii;;p-l"D tj;p;ifr-"nl rjnxn dh"an' relairga-na Secretariat Tink Bund, HYderabad

2. The Commi".ion.|. iJrto-Operation^and Registrar of Co-operative Societies' 3rd Floor, Gruhakalpa M.J Road Hyderabad

Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI K'V'L'JAYASIMHA

a;;;;;i for ihe Respondent Nos'1 To 5: GP FoR cooPERArloN Counsel forthe Respondent Nos'6 TO^12: -

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3.TheDeputyRegistrar/DistrictCooperativeOEcer'Medchalttlalkajgi.riDistrict' - noom f.fo io, lit ftoor. stock No.2. Near ORR, Keesara lYderabad ^- --4. The Assistant Registrar cum Election officer. o/o District cooperatlve unrcer' lvledchal tvlalkajg iri District

S ff,Jielinginr'$t"tu dooperative Election Authority, 3rd Floor, Gruhakalpa,

M.J Road, HYderabad

o r'rruLrdr"ii Sli".h, b7b vunuganti Rama Chary, Aged about 5l,ye13a occ

President, Sri Ramalingeswara Weaker Sections Cooperatlve !9LLsllg^

societv Lid. KushaioudZ, Medchal ttlalkaigiri District R/o H No 10-3-1 19'

n.f rudoar. Rampali-v, Keesara tvlandal, HVderabad 501³⁰¹

z d.r Xr"rrii, Wcio-Siiniuus Vijay, Aged a6out 48 Y-ears Occ Vice President

- SRWSCUS, R/o EWS-55. A.P.i.l.Ccolony EClL Post, Kapra, Hyderabao

A. nnitfra Goud,'Wo Suman Goud Aged aboui⁴⁵Ye-ars, O-cc Sec.retary,- -

SRWSCHS, R/o EWS-55, A.P.ll.e Colonv, ECIL Po-sl.Kapt"'Iiygel?!3q -^ g.SumanGoud,S/oJagannathamGoud,Agedabout50Years,Occ..Ireasurer - --5nWscuS,' R/o H.lio.38-3-265-88/3, S;inath Puram, Vijaya Lakshmi

Ganaoathi Aoartment, Malkaiqiri, Medchal ll/alkajgiri District

1o Ch R;iesh. S/o Not known tobetitioners, Aged about 51 Years, Occ' '- M;;;!rl bomrittee rvlembei', sRWSCHS, R/o EWS-55 A P l l c colonv' ECIL Post. KaPra, Hvderabad

r f . ilX[ai f,f i, Siotir itiqi'nqeO about 50 years. Occ. l\,4anaging Committee

M"rOer, S RWSC HS Rio Klushaiguda. tViedchal -lVlalkaj g i ri District

12.Shiva Kumar. Sio Not known to petitioner occ. lVlanaging commlttee lvemoer

- SRWSCHS. R/o EWS-55, A.P l.l.C Colony, ECIL Post, Kapra, Hyderabad :

"RE'P.NDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may^be pleased to isque a writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, declaring the election of IVlanaging committee as unanimous^and issuance of undated Election Certificate,

lwith designated post by the respondent

No.5 herein, which was alleged to be held on²¹'09'2024' without circu lating/serving a notice for conduction of elections, to the members at large' including the petitioners herein is null and void, illegal, arbitrary, ultra virus and violation of prescribed Act and Rules of Telangana Cooperative Societies Rules, 1964 and against to the principals of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents No.6 to 12 not to conduct any Committee Meetings and not to^pass any Resolutions including the issuance of.the new memberships lA NO: 1 OF 2024

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in

the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to deQlare the Election conducted by Respondent No.5 under Rule 22 of Telangana

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