NTPC Employees Cooperative Group Housing Society Ltd. v. Registrar Cooperative Societies & Ors.
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Writ petition (W.P.(C) 17582/2022, decided 13.08.2025, Delhi High Court, Sambre & Dayal JJ.) by NTPC Employees Cooperative Group Housing Society Ltd against Registrar Cooperative Societies & Ors.; challenge to order dated 12.12.2022 appointing an administrator under Section 35(5) of the Delhi Cooperative Societies Act 2003 (DCS Act); key principle: authority cannot borrow reasons from outside the order/record to justify its orders; justifications based on resignations of committee members, deficiency of quorum and Bye-Law No.23 rejected as not borne out by the impugned order; petition allowed, administrator appointment quashed, liberty to pass fresh speaking order under Section 35 DCS Act; related matter W.P.(C) 11561/2025 Ajay Jain & Ors. (arbitrator to examine membership/dismemberment claims); interim status quo order of 05.01.2023 noted; advocates: D.K. Rustagi & Anjali Pandey for petitioner, Abhinav Sharma for respondents.