Hon'ble SHARMA, J.—This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners praying that the impugned order dated 4.9.2008 (Annexure-1) passed by the Cooperative Minister, Government of Rajasthan may kindly be quashed and set aside.

2. Brief facts of the case are under:

The petitioners filed a complaint before the Registrar interalia alleging that they are holding plot Nos. 3 and 4 in Shri Ram Colony -B, Tonk Road Jaipur which were allotted by Jawaharpuri Bhawan Nirman Sahakari Samiti (in short cooperative Society) in the year 1982-1983. It was stated in the complaint that they constructed room and boundary wall but now it is learnt that certain persons have presented forged allotment/pattas before the Liquidator of the society and on the basis of these forged documents, the Liquidator has issued revised allotment letters for these plots. It was prayed that after making enquiry into the matter, the forged/revised allotment letters may kindly be cancelled. The complaint reads as under:

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The Registrar examined the matter and issued directions to the Joint Registrar Cooperative Societies vide order dated 13.4.2007 under Section 55 of the Rajasthan Cooperative Societies Act, 2001 (in short the Act of 2001) on the following issues as there were number of other complaints also:

(i) Whether the Liquidator has got any authority under Section 64 of the Act to issue revised allotment letters?

(ii) Whether the liquidator has followed prescribed procedure in issuing the revised allotment letters?

(iii) How many revised allotment letters have been issued by the Liquidator?

The petitioners got a public notice published in Rajasthan Patrika dated 6.5.2007 informing the public that enquiry in respect of the plots is being made by the Joint Registrar, therefore nobody should enter into any transaction in respect of these rules plots with Shri Abdul Rehman Qureshi. After issuing notice to the respondent No. 5, petitioners and other concerned persons, the Joint Registrar Cooperative Societies made thorough enquiry in the matter of allotment of various plots, issue of revised allotment lettters/ pattas by the Liquidator and related issues as per order of the Registrar and submitted his report running into 35 pages. The report was examined by the Registrar and ultimately by order dated 6.9.2007, he issued directions interalia for cancellation of revised pattas of plot numbers 1, 3, 4, 5 and 138 and issued various other directions. In pursuance of the order of the Registrar dated 1/6.9.2007 the Deputy Registrar on 7.2.2008 cancelled the revised pattas issued in respect of plots Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 138 on the basis of transfers made on the basis of forged documents and also cancelled the duplicate allotment letters issued in respect of plot Nos. 71, 91, 142, 165, 206, 181, 127, 159, 100 and 204. The respondent No. 5 filed revision petition before the Cooperative Minister, Government of Rajasthan against order dated 1/6.9.2007 of the Registrar. The petitioners stated in the writ petition that though the Registrar issued directions on the complaint filed by the petitioners but the petitioners were not impleaded as parties in the revision petition. When the petitioners came to know about the filing of the revision petition before the Cooperative Min

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