IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10^TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM WRIT PETITION NO. 22115 OF 2025 (GM-KSR)

BETWEEN:

1. GIRIJANA PLASTIC KASUBUDARA SANGHA (R), KOPPA VILLAGE AND POST, PIRIYAPATTANA TALUK, MYSURU DISTRICT - 571 104.

REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, PETITIONERS SOCIETIES IS REGISTERED UNDER, THE SOCIETY REGISTRATION ACT-1960.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. SHANTH KUMAR S P, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF CO OPERATIVE Digitally signed by SOCIETIES AND DISTRICT REGISTRAR OF SHARADAVANI B SOCIETIES., Location: High Court of PUBLIC OFFICE BUILDING, Karnataka FOORT MOHALLA, NEW SAYYAJI RAO ROAD, MYSURU DISTRICT - 570 024.

…RESPONDENT (BY SMT.AMARAVATHY.H.R, AGA)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE WRIT OF IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI QUASHING THE DATED

19.07.2022, IN ORDER BEARING NO. DRM/C-12 1/479/2003- 04/2022-23 PASSED BY THE RESPONDENT VIDE ANNX-F AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM

ORAL ORDER

The petitioner/society, which is registered under the provisions of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960, (for short, 'Act') is aggrieved by the order dated 19.07.2022, bearing No.DRM/C-12:1/479/2003-04/2022- 23, passed by the respondent vide Annexure-F and consequently, exercising power under Section 13(1) of the Act. The registration of the petitioner's society is cancelled on the premises that the society has failed to file the relevant records for a consecutive period of five years. Therefore, the respondent acting under Section 13(1) of the Act has cancelled the registration of the society, which is now impugned. The petitioner's representation is also rejected consequent to the order passed vide Annexure-J.

These two orders are challenged before this Court.

2. Before this Court adverse to the case on hand, this Court deems it fit to extract the order dated 05.08.2025, which reads as under:

"Upon hearing Mr. Sandesh T.B, the learned counsel for the petitioner and subject to further orders, the petitioner is permitted to file annual statement for the relevant years with the respondent within four weeks from today, who is called upon to verify the same and take a stand for disposal of this petition.

Mr. Rahul Cariappa, the learned Additional Government Advocate, who is called upon to accept notice for the respondent is informed accordingly. The office is directed to re-list this petition for Preliminary Hearing 'B' Group on 15.09.2025."

3. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the respondent. This Court has also carefully perused the pleadings on record, the documents produced by the parties, as well as the earlier order passed by this Court on 05.08.2025.

4. The petitioner is a society stated to have been established in the year 2004. It is the specific case of the petitioner that the society was formed by members belonging to tribal communities, namely Dungri Garasiya, Jenu Kuruba and Soliga tribes. According to the petitioner, the members of the said tribal communities are engaged in livelihood activities connected with plastic products and allied materials, and the society functions as a collective platform through which the members sell rack plastics and other related products in order to earn their livelihood. The grievance of the petitioner is directed against the action initiated by the respondent–Registrar under Section 13 of the Act, culminating in cancellation of the registration of the petitioner-society. The petitioner contends that the default alleged by the respondent pertains to non- submission of the statutory annual records, namely the list of members containing their names, addresses and occupations, together with the audited balance sheet and the income and expenditure account. It is the explana