Sri.v.N. Channakrishnappa v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Administrator appointment to a co-operative society upheld; quorum determined under Section 28A of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 read with Rule 14-AK(4) of the KCS Rules, 1960 as seven members (number next to fifth percent of a 13-member board) for a part-of-taluk primary society; Venkatapura Milk Producers Cooperative Society's five-director quorum held insufficient; notification dated 21.10.2024 by the Assistant Registrar, Chikkaballapura District (Annexure-E) sustained; writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 dismissed as devoid of merits. Keywords: administrator, quorum, board strength, co-operative society, Karnataka, Chikkaballapura.
What did the court decide?
On a plain reading of Section 28A of the KCS Act, 1959 and Rule 14-AK(4) of the Rules, 1960, the total elected representatives of the board of a primary society and a secondary society whose area of operation extends to a part of a taluk is 13 members.