1. Rule with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties made returnable forthwith and heard.

2. The writ jurisdiction of this Court is invoked against the order dated 6/6/2015 bearing outward No.3199 of 2015 passed by the Respondent No.2 i.e. the District Co-operative Election Office and Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai by which order the Petitioner Bank has been communicated that the change of delegate sought by it cannot be acceded to as the change has not been sought within the time stipulated in rule 10(4) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Election to Committee Rules, 2013 (for short “the said Rules”). The Petitioner has also sought a direction to the Respondent No.2 to accept the nomination of the present chairman of the Petitioner-Bank as a delegate of the Petitioner-Bank. The controversy in the above Petition is therefore as regards the nomination of the delegate of the Petitioner Bank to participate in the elections to the Board of Directors of the Respondent No.3 herein which is a federation of the Urban Co-operative Banks.

3. The facts giving rise to the filing of the above Petition in a nutshell can be stated thus:

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