The court reinforced the right of society members to petition for dissolution under Section 25 of the relevant Act.

JUDGMENT

Petitioner seeks for a direction to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 by the first respondent.

2. On a perusal of Ext.P4, it is noticed that, a complaint has been filed by the petitioner along with two others before the Chief Secretary, seeking to dissolve the existing Managing Committee of the third respondent- Society, and to conduct fresh elections to the said Society and to initiate steps to approach the District Court, Ernakulam under Section 25 of the Travencore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 [for brevity, ‘the Act’].

3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader and on a perusal of Ext.P4, this Court notices that under Section 25 of the Act, the State Government or ten percent of the members of the society can move the District Court for dissolution of a society or for framing a scheme for the better and efficient management of the society.

4. Since an application as Ext.P4 has been filed by the petitioner seeking the intervention of the State Government, I am of the view that a direction can be issued for considering the said application.

Accordingly, there will be a direction to the Competent Officer of the first respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on Ext.P4 application, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

The writ petition is disposed of.

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