Dismissed
Jhaggar Dewangan v. State of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh HCWPC/889/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
This judgment addresses writ petitions challenging the removal of non-official Prescribed Officers from primary cooperative societies. The Court held that since these officers are not elected and hold office at the pleasure of the government without a substantive statutory right to continue indefinitely, they cannot claim equality with elected members. Consequently, the Registrar has the power to remove them under the doctrine of pleasure without assigning reasons or a hearing. The petitions were dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions are dismissed without any order as to costs. It is directed that the State shall endeavour to hold elections as early as possible.