JUDGMENT :

1) Petitioner has fled this petition challenging the Order dated 20 March 2024 passed by the District Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai City-III and Competent Authority allowing the application for registration of ‘Silver Utopia Premises Co-operative Society Ltd.’ and directing Deputy Registrar to register the said Co-operative Housing Society.

2) Briefy stated, facts of the case are that Plot bearing Survey No.48 and Survey No.47, 477/1 and 477/2 of Revenue Village Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai was originally owned by Goldfeld Mercantile Company, which held development rights in respect of another parcel of land bearing Survey No.47, Hissa No.2(P) and 3, City Survey No. 478, 478/1, Chakala, Andheri (East). Both properties together admeasured 8341.30 sq.mts. A joint venture agreement was executed on 8 May 2006 between Goldfeld Mercantile, Iqbal S. Nathani, Kamlesh Shah and Petitioner for carrying on business as Association of Persons (AOP) in the name and style as ‘M/s. Prestige Properties’. On 31 May 2008, Goldfeld Mercantile and Iqbal Nathani retired from AOP thereby leaving Petitioner and Kamlesh Shah to carry on business of M/s. Prestige Properties. Th