S. K. DESAI J.- The petitioner in this special civil application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India was opponent No. 1 in Arbitration Case No. ABN IV. 83 of 1970, which was a dispute under section 91 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, before the District Deputy Registrar of Co· operative Societies, Bombay. In the said dispute raised by respondent No. I to this special civil application (hereinafter referred to as the licensor), the petitioner (hereinafter referred to as the licensee) had contended that the dispute between him and the licensor did not touch the business of the Jhulelal Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., who is respondent No.2 to this special civil application, that he was a tenant of the licensor, and that the Court of Small Causes at Bombay alone had the jurisdiction to entertain the dispute between him and the licensor. The preliminary point as to whether the dispute fell within the requirements of section 91 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Cooperative Societies Act), was decided by the Officer on Special Duty, who is respondent No.3 before us, by his order dated Se