one proposal. The Assistant registrar has placed reliance on the Circular dated 24.5.2011 issued by the Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies – Fisheries, Maharashtra State, Mumbai which permits receipt of equal number of proposals in proportion with number of societies required to be registered. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent fairly submits that the circular on which reliance is placed has already been directed to be quashed by the Division Bench of this Court while dealing with Writ Petition No.666 of 2012. The Policy prescribed by the State Government which is latter in point of time i.e. Circulars dated 26.6.2014 & 12.8.2015 does not contain such prohibition and under the Policy, it is obligatory for the Registering Authority to receive all the proposals and consider and evaluate on merits and take appropriate decision in respect of Registration of the society. In this view of the matter, considering the Policy of the deportment declared on 26.6.2014 and the circular dated 12.8.2015, it was incumbent upon the Assistant Registrar to accept the proposals received from the Fisheries Cooperative Societies and considered those proposals so received, in accordance with provisions of law within the frame work of the Policy framed by the State Government. The impugned action taken by the Assistant Registrar on 29.1.2016 returning back the
