1. This application has been taken out under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by Amalesh Sarkar, a citizen of India, against the Registrar of Co-operative Societies and the Board of Administrators appointed by the Government of West Bengal under S.26 of the West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1973 for various reliefs.

2. The case of the petitioner is that although he is a citizen of India and he is a permanent resident of Calcutta but in the year 1969 he went to U.S.A. for higher studies in Chemical Engineering and after completing the course he has been working in U.S.A. for the purpose of gaining practical experiences. The petitioner had and still has all the intention of returning to India in the near future and settle down in Calcutta. The petitioner has no house, tenement or flat in West Bengal and he is in urgent and/or pressing need of a flat in Calcutta where he intends to settle down with his family.

3. The respondent No.2, Karnani Co-operative Housing Society is governed by the bye laws of the said Society. The area of operation of the said Society is in Calcutta district. The said society was formed with the object of establishing on co-operative basis set