IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
AMIT BORKAR
Girish Sahakari Griharachana Sanstha Maryadit – Appellant
Versus
Mallikarjun Madhavrao Navande – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. membership dispute from plot transfer and unauthorized construction. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. non-residential use and absent prior consent bar membership. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. statutory compliance trumps land use for membership eligibility. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. refusal limited to act, rules, and bye-laws grounds. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 5. land use distinct from cooperative membership disqualification. (Para 16 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 6. lease consent clause subordinate to section 23 rights. (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24) |
| 7. revenue code breach not cooperative membership disqualification. (Para 25 , 26) |
| 8. unauthorized construction fails to extinguish membership title. (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30) |
| 9. revisional authority order upheld; petition dismissed. (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34) |
JUDGMENT :
AMIT BORKAR, J.
1. By the present petition instituted under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner Housing Society has invoked the supervisory and writ jurisdiction of this Court to assail the judgment and orders passed by the authorities under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, whereby respondent no. 1 has been directed to be admitted as a member of the s
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Membership in co-operative housing societies cannot be denied without timely communication of the decision, and disputes regarding dues do not preclude admission.
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A nominee of a deceased member in a co-operative housing society must be admitted as a member under mandatory statutory provisions, provided there are no competing claims.
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