Anil Kumar Goyal & Ors. v. Registrar Cooperative Societies & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi HC; W.P.(C) 8559/2026; decision 02.07.2026; Prathiba M. Singh & Vikas Mahajan; Article 226; cooperative housing society; Registrar Co-operative Societies; Administrator appointment order set aside; fresh elections ordered at earliest; independent Returning Officer Justice Dilip Deshmukh (Retd); elections and results within three months; Advisory Committee complaints against Managing Committee; physiotherapy room and gym restored; Caretaking Committee; Administrator Lt. Col (Retd.) C. M. Upreti fee; Returning Officer fee Rs.5,00,000/-; pending applications disposed.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order set aside; writ petition disposed of with directions: Justice Dilip Deshmukh (Retd.), Former Judge, High Court of Chattisgarh, appointed Returning Officer to draw the electoral roll and schedule, notify all members, and conduct the election with results announced within three months, assisted by one nominated RCS official; physiotherapy room, gym and other facilities provided by the earlier Managing Committee to continue to be available to members with immediate effect; Society records to be made available to the Returning Officer, with co-operation from the previously elected Managing Committee; previously elected Managing Committee to continue as 'Caretaking Committee', funds restricted to day-to-day and election expenses, and no major policy decisions; fee of the RCS-appointed Administrator Lt. Col (Retd.) C. M. Upreti for his period of functioning to be disbursed by the Society; Returning Officer to be paid Rs.5,00,000/- lump-sum fee apart from election expenses borne by the Society; pending applications disposed of.