Case Note & Summary
The judgment involves four connected writ petitions filed before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay challenging orders passed by the Competent Authority and District Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Mumbai City under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 -- The petitioners, including Paramanand Builders LLP and Geopreneur Corp. Private Limited, sought quashing of these orders which pertained to disputes over membership and allotment in cooperative housing societies -- The respondents included various cooperative housing societies and their members -- The court examined the maintainability of the writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, considering the availability of alternative statutory remedies under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 -- The court held that the petitioners had not demonstrated any jurisdictional error or violation of natural justice by the Competent Authority -- Consequently, all writ petitions were dismissed with costs, upholding the orders of the Competent Authority
Headnote
The High Court of Judicature at Bombay dismissed four connected writ petitions filed by Petitioner challenging orders of the Competent Authority and District Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Mumbai City -- The petitions involved disputes over membership and allotment in various cooperative housing societies under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 -- The court held that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India should not be exercised when statutory alternative remedies are available under Section 91 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 -- The petitioners failed to establish any jurisdictional error or violation of principles of natural justice by the Competent Authority -- The court found no merit in the petitions and dismissed them with costs
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Issue of Consideration: The Issue of Consideration was whether the writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India were maintainable given the availability of alternative remedies under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, and whether the Competent Authority's orders suffered from jurisdictional error or violation of natural justice
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Final Decision
The High Court dismissed all four connected writ petitions with costs, upholding the orders of the Competent Authority under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960
