Jankalayan Nagari Co-Op Credit Society Throu. CEO Vinayak Krishnrao Phadke v. State of Maharashtra Throu. Dept of Co-Op and Marketing and Ors.
Natural justice – Writ Petition (Bombay High Court, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur)
Case brief
What is this about?
Jankalyan Nagari Co-op. Credit Society v. State of Maharashtra (W.P. 6193/2025, Bombay HC Kolhapur Bench, decided 09-09-2025): quashing of co-operative departmental order dated 24-04-2025 for breach of natural justice / audi alteram partem; hearing confined to OTS Application, not the application dated 02-04-2025; fresh hearing directed before Co-operative Commissioner and Registrar Cooperative Societies (Respondent No.2) within 10 weeks; contentions kept open; no costs; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order dated 24th April 2025 quashed and set aside; Respondent No.2 – Co-operative Commissioner and Registrar Cooperative Societies directed to hear the Application dated 2nd April 2025 afresh within 10 weeks from communication of the order; Petitioner permitted to file reply within 2 weeks; parties to appear before Respondent No.2 on 15th September 2025 at 11.00 a.m.; Application to be decided on its own merits and in accordance with law; all contentions of all parties kept open; no costs.