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Sheikh Azhar Sheikh Asgar v. Ld. Joint Registrar, Co-Opertive Societies (Dairy Devpt), Mumbai and Anr.

Bombay HC22 Jan 2025WP/4872/2024

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What is this about?

Writ Petition No.4872/2024; Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench; Sheikh Azhar vs Ld. Joint Registrar, Co-op. Societies (Dairy Development) and another; affidavit in reply not filed despite adjournments on 15.04.2025 and 12.06.2025; cost of Rs. 5,000/- from officer's own pocket; last chance to file reply; interim order dated 26-09-2025 by Prafulla S. Khubalkar, J.; permission to file affidavit subject to cost; next date 06-10-2025; no statutes or cases cited.

What did the court decide?

Interim direction: respondent no.1 permitted to file his affidavit in reply on or before the next date, subject to payment of the cost of Rs. 5,000/- directed by the order dated 25-07-2025; petition stood over to 06-10-2025. No decision on merits. ¶22

Sheikh Azhar Sheikh Asgar vs Ld. Joint Registrar, Co-Opertive Societies (Dairy Devpt), Mumbai and Anr. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the affidavit in reply of respondent no.1 could be accepted at this stage despite the concerned officer's failure to respond/file the reply within the time earlier granted, and on what conditions.

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Court's answer

In case the reply was not filed by the next date, the concerned Officer was to pay cost of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand Only) from his own pocket (direction in the order dated 25-07-2025).

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Ratio / Principle

Last chance was granted to file the reply (order dated 25-07-2025).

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Key takeaways

The concerned officer, respondent no.1, is permitted to file his affidavit in reply on or before the next date, subject to payment of the cost directed by the order dated 25-07-2025.ratio¶22

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INTERIM ORDER — Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench (Prafulla S. Khubalkar, J.), Writ Petition No.4872/2024, Sheikh Azhar v. Ld. Joint Registrar, Co-op. Societies (Dairy Development) and another — order dated 26-09-2025. By its earlier order dated 25-07-2025 the Court had recorded that, though the matter stood adjourned on 15.04.2025 and further on 12.06.2025, the concerned officer had not responded to the communication issued to the Joint Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Mumbai soliciting instructions for filing the reply; it directed that, failing filing of the reply by the next date, the concerned Officer would pay cost of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand Only) from his own pocket, granted a last chance to file the reply, and listed the petition on 04.08.2025. On 26-09-2025, upon the learned Assistant Government Pleader's request for time, respondent no.1 was permitted to file his affidavit in reply on or before the next date subject to payment of the said cost, and the petition was stood over to 06-10-2025. No statutory provision or precedent is cited; no decision on the merits of the writ petition.

Sheikh Azhar Sheikh Asgar v. Ld. Joint Registrar, Co-Opertive Societies (Dairy Devpt), Mumbai and Anr.

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