( 1 ) THIS revision case gives rise to an interesting question of law relating to the jurisdiction of the Deputy Registrar under the andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act (No, 7 of 1964) (hereinafter called the Act ) to sanction prosecution under the Act. The material facts may briefly be stated.

( 2 ) THE petitioner-accused is the President of the Lingapuram forest Coupe contract society Ltd. , Singavaram. The Deputy registrar of Co-operative Societies, Nandyal, by his order dt, January 24 1969 sanctioned an enquiry into the affairs of the Co-operative society Singavaram and directed P. W. 1, the Sub-Registrar, Nandval to conduct the enquiry under Section 51 of the Act. Pursuant to the authorisation made by the Deputy Registrar, PW1 issued summons to the petitioner under Section 55 of the Act, requiring him to appear before him at 10 A M. on 10-2-69 at Singavaram with the cash balance, stocks of the society and all the documents, securities, registers account books and other records of the society to answer all questions relating to its working. The summons were served on the accused-petitioner on 5-2-69 as seen from Ex, P-2, the postal acknowledgment, As the p