Horilal Chouhan, S/o. Late Shrawan Kumar Chouhan vs State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Co-Operative Department

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2024 Supreme(Chh) 404

RAKESH MOHAN PANDEY
Horilal Chouhan, S/o. Late Shrawan Kumar Chouhan – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Co-Operative Department – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. S.C. Verma, Sr. Adv, assisted by Mr. Manharan Lal Sahu, Adv. Mr. Sunil Sahu, Adv., Mr. Ritesh Verma, Adv., Mr. Rajnish Singh Baghel with Ms. Chetna Sharma, Advs, Mr. Parag Kotecha, Adv., Mr. Santosh Bharat, Adv., Mr. T. K. Jha, Adv., Mr. Pawan Kesharwani, Adv., Mr. Vivek Verma, Adv., Mr. Sourabh Sharma, Adv., Mr. Tarkeshwar Nande, Adv., Mr. Awadh Tripathi & Mr. Nikhil Wadhwani, Advs, Mr. J. A. Lohani, Adv., Mr. Adil Minhaj, Adv., Ms. Rajni Soren, Adv., Mr. Shikhar Sharma, Adv., Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv., Mr. Sudhir Kumar Sahu, Adv., Mr. Amir Khan, Adv., and Mr. Pritam Singh, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Ranbir Singh Marhas, Add. Adv. General, Mr. Shashank Thakur, Deputy Adv. General, Mr. Malay Shrivastava and Mr. Sandeep Dubey, Advs.

Table of Content
1. removal of members from co-operative societies. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. arguments against removal based on statutory non-compliance. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 10)
3. argument regarding lack of substantive rights. (Para 8 , 9)
4. interpretation of applicable statutes and rules. (Para 11 , 13 , 18)
5. power and authority of the registrar in regard to removals. (Para 12 , 16 , 17)
6. court's legal interpretation of rights. (Para 14 , 15)
7. nature of removal powers under rules. (Para 19)
8. summary of judicial findings. (Para 20 , 21)
9. process of handling elections in co-operative societies. (Para 36 , 37 , 38 , 39)
10. legal conclusions regarding removal and rights of petitioners. (Para 49 , 50 , 51)
11. final dismissal of petitions without costs. (Para 52 , 53)

ORDER :

Rakesh Mohan Pandey, J.

1. The above captioned Writ Petitions are directed against the order of removal issued by the Deputy Registrar, Co-Operative Societies in the month of December, 2023, in the exercise of the power conferred under Rule 43-B (3) of the Chhattisgarh Co-Operative Societies Rules, 1962 (for short, the Rules, 1962), whereby the petitioners who were earlier nominated/appointed as Prescribed Officers,