$~41 to 43 & 53 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 28^th January, 2026 Uploaded on: 2^nd February, 2026 + W.P.(C) 10532/2021&CM APPL. 18595/2022, CM APPL.

32535/2022, CM APPL. 36129/2024, CM APPL. 64839/2024, CM APPL. 64862/2024, CM APPL. 69047/2025 THE NAVAL TECHNICAL OFFICERS CGHS LTD.....Petitioner Through:

versus THE REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES .....Respondent Through:

~42 + W.P.(C) 10652/2022&CM APPL. 30896/2022 MADAN GOPAL AGARWAL .....Petitioner Through:

versus REGISTRAR OF CO-OPEARTIVE SOCIETIES & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

~43 + W.P.(C) 19260/2025&CM APPL. 5701/2026 NAVAL TECHNICAL OFFICERS CO-OPERATIVE GROUP HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED .....Petitioner Through:

versus REGISTRAR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY .....Respondent Through:

53 AND + W.P.(C) 1147/2026&CM APPL. 5597/2026 NAND KISHOR .....Petitioner Through:

versus THE REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETY & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Appearances: For Petitioners:

Mr. Vivek Kumar Tandon, Ms. Ritu Rajput, Ms. Laxmi Gupta, Advs. in Item.41 Mr Rahul Shukla Mr Ramandeep Singh Ms Bachita Baruah, Advs. in item 53.

For Respondents:

Mr. Vivek Kumar Tandon, Ms. Ritu Rajput, Ms. Laxmi Gupta, Advs. in item nos. 42, 43 & 53 Mr Rahul Shukla Mr Ramandeep Singh Ms Bachita Baruah, Advs. for Applicant.

Ms Urvi Mohan, Adv. in item nos. 41, 43 & 53.

Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Advocate, Panel Counsel ( Civil ) / GNCTD , Mr. Kartik Sharma, Advs. for RCS in item nos. 41 & 53 CORAM:

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

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. These are four writ petitions which relate to one Society i.e., Naval Technical Officers Co-Operative Group Housing Society Limited (hereinafter “the Society”), and various issues arising in respect of its membership.

3. The litigation has a very long and chequered history. There are two factions of Petitioners before the Court laying claim to the Society’s membership and by extension on the Society itself. One faction consists of officers who claim to have been working as ‘Technical Officers’ in the Naval Department of the Central Government and are stated to have been the original members. Whereas, on the other hand, there are the present members of the Society. Accordingly, separate writs have been filed by the two factions on behalf of the Society – both portraying as the REAL Society.

4. The brief facts necessary for adjudication are that the Society itself was registered way back in December, 1983, with an address at Sena Bhawan, New Delhi. The actual total number of members who were there in the Society is in dispute. The Society itself, originally, claimed to have 277 members between 1983-97. It is stated that on 31st March, 1994, the Society was called upon by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies (hereinafter “RCS”) for verification of the final list of members. The relevant records were submitted by the Society and a letter was sent on 17^th October, 1997 by the RCS attaching the list of 277 members for being transmitted to the Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter “DDA”). The said letter of the RCS to the DDA resulted in allotment of the subject land located at Plot No.3A, Sector-23, Dwarka Phase-I, to the Society on 3^rd June, 1998.

5. In respect of the said allotment, a sum of approx. Rs. 2.56 crores was deposited by the Society. In support of the same, a challan from the Central Bank of India dated 15th July, 1998 has been placed on record. In the said challan the address of the Society is mentioned as 212 D, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011. After this amount was deposited, the DDA vide its communication dated 8^th November, 2002, reduced the membership strength of the Society from 277 to 238. This reduction has been alleged by the original members to have been done fraudulently and to their detriment.

6. It is stated that the original members having discovered the said alleged manipulation filed a writ petition being W.P.(C) 21912/2005 titled Naval Technical Officer G/H So Vs.