JUDGMENT

G. S. Kulkarni, J. - This is a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the petitioner has assailed an order dated 1 September 2021 issued by respondent no.2/Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai Division, calling upon the petitioner to submit a rectification report within fifteen days from the said communication in regard to a Test Audit Report dated 10 August 2021 submitted by the auditor appointed as per the provisions of Section 81(3)(c) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act,1960 (for short the Act). The petitioner is also aggrieved by a subsequent order dated 22 September 2021 also passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar ordering an inquiry exercising powers under Section 83 of the Act by appointing an inquiry officer, for an inquiry to be conducted on ten points as set out in Appendix A to the said order. The petitioner has also prayed for directions to the Divisional Joint Registrar to grant a reasonable period of three months under Section 82 of the Act to submit its explanation in respect of observations, defects, irregularities referred to in the test audit report for the period 2015-2020 and for an opport