Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

1. The petitioner is a Cooperative Society and has filed the instant petition primarily seeking quashing of the inspection note (Annexure P-4) submitted by respondent no. 4 and has further sought quashing of office order dated 16.8.2016 (Annexure P-6) whereby the Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Dharamshala has, on the basis of the inspection note, ordered an inquiry (surcharge proceedings) against the petitioner under Section 69 (1) of the Himachal Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1968 (for short “the Act”) by appointing the Block Inspector as an Inquiry Officer, who has further been directed to submit his report within one month.

2. In addition to the aforesaid reliefs, the petitioner has also prayed for quashing of the notice (Annexure P-12) issued to it seeking therein its justification and comments regarding appointment of two employees being in violation of the applicable laws.

3. The petitioner was asked to justify the maintainability of the petition on the ground of availability of an alternative and efficacious remedy under the Act.

4. However, learned counsel for the petitioner would vehemently argue that no such statutory rem