ORDER :

At the request of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the respondent nos. 5 and 6 are permitted to be corrected as “Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Pakur” and “Joint Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Pakur” respectively.

Considering the present pandemic situation, office is directed to make necessary correction in the cause title of the writ petition.

The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the proceedings initiated by the respondent no. 5 – the Certificate Officer-cum-Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Pakur against the petitioners in connection with Certificate Case Nos. 65/2018-19, 66/2018-19, 67/2018-19, 68/2018-19 and 69/2018-19 respectively.

2. The factual background of the case as stated in the writ petition is that the petitioners were acting as agents in the office of the respondent no. 7 – the Chairman, Jabardaha LAMPS, Pakur and they were entrusted with the job of collecting the amount on daily basis from different account holders who were members of the Cooperative Society, Sonajori LAMPS, Pakur and on the subsequent day, they used to deposit the same with the member secretary of the said Cooperative Society. Under special cir