JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Sub Application has been filed under Section 151 of C.P.C., to reopen the contempt petition closed on 29.06.2021 by this Hon'ble Court based on the suppressed counter and typed set filed by the respondents in the Contempt Petition No.359 of 2021 in W.P.No.26558 of 2019.)

The applicant herein is an Indian Citizen repatriated from Sri Lanka. The Repatriate Co-operative Finance and Development Bank is a Multi-State Co-operative Society, called as ‘REPCO Bank’ in short. (at the time of filing the Writ Petition and the Contempt Petition, later changed to Repatriate Co-operative Finance and Development Co-operative Society, but the petitioner alleges that the 4th respondent still retains the word ‘Bank’ in breach of the instructions given by the Central Registrar).

2. The facts leading to this Sub-application are as below:-

The petitioner herein gave a representation on 10/10/2018 to the Central Registrar/3rd respondent and the Managing Director/4th respondent to amend the Bye-laws of the Society in tune with the provisions of Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002. His representation was not acted upon and the Bye-law was not amended in tune with the Act. Hence, he f