1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State representing the Registrar Co-operative Societies, learned counsel for the Patliputra House Construction Co-operative Society Ltd. and learned counsel for private respondent no. 4.

2. The original sole petitioner Gauri Shankar Pande died during pendency of this writ petition and his heirs and legal representatives mentioned in I.A.No. 2305 of 2006 were substituted in his place as petitioners by order of this court dated 12.10.2006.

3. This Writ petition has been filed for issuance of a writ of certiorari quashing order dated 28.11.2000 (annexure-20) passed in Misc. Case No. 186 of 1996 by which the learned Registrar Co-operative Societies, Bihar, Patna upheld the earlier resolution of the Board of Directors of Patliputra House Construction Co-operative Society Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Society for the sake of brevity) dated 24.7.1990 communicated to the original petitioner vide memo no. 695 dated 28.11.1995 (annexur.e-5A) cancelling the allotment of plot in question bearing plot no. 252 measuring six kathas, three dhurs, three kanwan in the Society which was made in favour of the original