JUDGMENT :

Rajesh Shankar, J.

Both the writ petitions have been filed for quashing the order dated 28.02.2020 passed by the Inspector General of Registration, Jharkhand (the respondent no.-10 of W.P.(C) No. 1151 of 2020] whereby the ‘certificate of amendment’ in executive committee (office bearers as well as other members of the executive committee) of ‘Sri Ramkrishna Seva Sangha’ (hereinafter to be referred as “the Society”) has been issued in favour of Sukrit Bhattacharjee (the respondent no.9 of W.P.(C) no. 1151 of 2020) and others in exercise of the power conferred under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (in short, “the Act, 1860”).

2. Since the common issue is involved in both the writ petitions, the same have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common order treating W.P.(C) No. 1151 of 2020 as a lead case in which the petitioner of W.P.(C) No. 1094 of 2020 has also been arrayed as respondent no.8.

3. Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner of W.P.(C) No. 1151 of 2020, submits that the Society was registered in the erstwhile State of Bihar on 20.02.1965 under the Act, 1860 vide Registration No. 46 of 1964-65. The aim and ob