Rule. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, Rule is made returnable forthwith.

2. For reasons indicated in the course of this judgment, leave is granted to amend the petition to incorporate challenge to order dated 21.10.2008 passed in revision application no. 754 of 2006 by the Deputy Joint Registrar - respondent no. 7.

3. Leave is granted to the petitioner to delete reference to the challenge to order dated 16.03.2012 passed by the District Rehabilitation Officer, Collector, Raigad (Exhibit 'O' to the petition). Accordingly, civil application no. 2600 of 2013 is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a) only, by a separate order passed today.

4. This petition therefore is now directed against the following orders passed by the revisional authority under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 ("the MCS Act") i.e. Deputy Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies (respondent no. 7):

(a) Order dated 21.10.2008 in revision application no. 754 of 2006 dismissing the revision application on the ground that upon conversion of the society into a Multi State Co-operative Society, the revisional authority under Section 154 of the Act has no jurisdiction t