Hon’ble P.K.S. Baghel, J.—The petitioner No. 1, Anjuman Farogh-e-Islam, Kanpur is a society. It has preferred this writ petition aggrieved by the order dated 23 December, 2009 passed by the Deputy Registrar, Firms, Societies & Chits, Kanpur Region, Kanpur-respondent No. 2, whereby he has determined the electoral college of the society and after the election, has registered the list of office bearers. The petitioner Nos. 2 to 5 have also joined the writ petition as its President and Members of the General Body.

2. The essential facts of the case, as disclosed in the writ petition, are; the petitioner No. 1 is a society registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act 21 of 1860). It manages and runs a madarsa known as Madarsa Farroquiya (for short, “the Madarsa”), which is imparting education up to class-8th and it receives aid under the “Uttar Pradesh Ashashkiya Arbi Tatha Farsi Madarson Ki Manyata Niyamawali, 1987”. It is averred that initially the petitioner No. 2 and 10 other members had established the Anjuman Farogh-e-Islam, Kanpur (for short, “the Society”) and the Madarsa. The affairs of the Society are regulated by its bye-laws. The certi