$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 982/2026 & CM APPL. 4749/2026 UMESH JOSHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Parv Garg, Mr. Utsav Garg. Mr.

Pawas Kulsreshtha & Mr. K.S. Rekhi, Advs. (7982850762)

versus SONDEEP SHANKAR & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Piyush Goel, Adv for R-1 to 3 Ms. Urvi Mohan, Adv. for R-4/RCS (7718992441)

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN

O R D E R

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1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

CM APPL. 4750/2026 (Exemption)

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

W.P.(C) 982/2026 & CM APPL. 4749/2026

3. The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, has been filed by the Petitioner challenging the impugned order dated 5^th December,2025passedbytheFinancialCommissionerbywhichthesanction for prosecution given by the Registrar Cooperative Society (hereinafter, ‘RCS’) has been set aside.

4. The RCS had got an inquiry done against the affairs of the Media Co- Operative Group Housing Society (hereinafter, ‘Society’). A complaint was filed by the Petitioner under Section 118 of the Delhi Co-Operative Societies Act, 2003 (hereinafter, ‘DCS Act’) for grant of prosecu