JUDGMENT :

Nitin Jamdar, J.

Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Respondents waive service. Writ petition is taken up for disposal.

2. The Petitioner is a Federal Society of the dairy societies in the district Kolhapur. The Petitioner has moved this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to question the Test Audit initiated by the Respondent- State Government under the provisions of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. Respondent No.1 is the State. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 are the Joint Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the Co-operative Societies. Respondent No.4 is the Officer on Special Duty and Respondent No.5 is the Special Auditor Class-1. Respondent No.6- Shoumika Mahadik is the member of the Board of Directors of the Petitioner- Society.

3. The subject matter of this petition is a Test Audit order under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Act of 1960 is enacted to provide for the orderly development of the cooperative movement in the State of Maharashtra and to consolidate and amend the law relating to co-operative socie