$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 21^st January, 2026 Uploaded on: 27^th January, 2026 + CONT.CAS(C) 1/2026 & CM APPL. 132/2026 REVANTA MULTI STATE CGHS LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kunal Mannar and Mr. Anupam Bhati, Advs.

versus SANJAY KUMAR MEHRA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Adv. for RCS.

Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Panel Counsel (Civil), GNCTD CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

CM APPL. 132/2026 (for exemption)

2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Application is disposed of.

CONT.CAS(C) 1/2026

3. The present contempt petition has been filed by the Petitioner Society under Article 215 of the Constitution of India read with Sections 10 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, inter alia, seeking directions against the ex-President – Mr. Sanjay Kumar Mehra, who continues to interfere in the activities of the Petitioner Society-Revant Multistate CGHS Limited (hereinafter, ‘the Society’), despite the orders passed by this Court and despite the new Ad-hoc Committee having been constituted for the management of the Society.

4. The brief background of the present case is that, this Court vide order dated10^thJuly,2025consideredthepresentstatusoftheSociety,itsexecutive management committee and its members in a detailed order. The order dated

10th July, 2025 is extracted below:

“2. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by two members of the Respondent No.2-Revanta Multistate CGHS Ltd (hereinafter, 'Society'), inter alia, seeking to set aside the impugned order dated 06th March, 2025 bearing No.R-11017/74/2015-L&M(FTS-52634),passedbythe Respondent No.1 - Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies vide which Mr. Rajiv Chhabra, Assistant Registrar was authorized to convene the Special GeneralBodyMeeting(hereinafter‘SGBM’)ofRevanta Multi-State Cooperative Group Housing Society Ltd which is a society registered under Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 (hereinafter, ‘the Act’)

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3. On the previous hearing i.e., 29th May, 2025, Respondent No. 3- Association of Reventa Members (hereinafter ‘Association’) submitted that 1,218 members of the Society had made a request to the Respondent No.1-Central Registrar to hold a General Body Meeting (hereinafter, 'GBM’). In view thereof, the Court had directed as under:

“6. In this view of the matter, the Revanta Welfare Society's (hereinafter, 'Society') stand and the opinion of the Registrar of Co- operative Societies (hereinafter 'RCS') would be important.

7. Let the RCS afford a hearing to five members on behalf of the Petitioners and five members on behalf of the Applicant/Respondent No. 3 as also the Society and take a decision on the question as to whether the Special GBM can now be held under supervision of RCS.

8. After consulting all the members, let a report be filed on 07th July, 2025 before this Court.”

4.The Registrar Cooperative Societies (hereinafter, ‘RCS’) has filed a status report dated 8th July, 2025 as per which it is stated that the Annual General Meeting (hereinafter, ‘AGM’) for financial years 2022-23 & 2023-24 were held in terms of the provisions of the Act but the Society has not filed its mandatory annual returns under Section 120 of the Act. The said report is extracted below:-

“10. After perusal of the written submission made by all the parties, it is observed that no AnnualGeneralMeetingforthefinancialyears 2022-23 and 2023-24 was held in the Society as per the provisions of the MSCS Act, 2002 and as per records, the Society has also not filed its mandatory annual returns u/s 120 of the MSCS Act, 2002 to this Office. Further, the President of Society has sought approval for holding AGM for the year 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 through a webinar format due to financial constraints and its widespread membership base, whereas, no provision for holding AGM through webinar or video conference