A registered cooperative society cannot be cancelled without conclusive evidence of fraud, especially after a significant time lapse, but qualified individuals must be allowed to join through a fair skill test and enrollment process in accordance with the law.

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HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA

WRI T PETI TI ON No.28431 OF 2025

DATED: 03.03.2026

Between:

Sri Barla Ramulu ……Petitioner

And

The State of Telangana and Others ....Respondents

ORDER:

Heard Sri D.L.Pandu, learned counsel appearing on

behalf of the petitioners, learned Assistant Government

Pleader for Animal Husbandry appearing on behalf of the

respondent Nos.1,2 & 4, learned Assistant Government

Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of the

respondent No.3, Sri L.Harish, learned standing counsel

appearing on behalf of the respondent No.5, learned

Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing on

behalf of the respondent No.6 and Sri P.Krishna Reddy,

learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of the

respondent No.7.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer

as under:

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“….to issue a writ, or order or direction more particularly

one in the nature of writ of Mandamus the action of the

Respondents Nos. 2 to 4 in not considering the

representation of the petitioners dated 11.08.2025 to

cancel the 5^th respondent society and establish a new

society to the petitioners by conducting skill test and

committee elections as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional

violative of Principles of natural justice besides violative

of Article 14 and 21 of the constitution of India and

consequently direct the respondents to conduct skill test

and committee elections and establish a new society

duly considering the above representation of the

petitioner…”

3. The case of the petitioner in brief as per the

averments made in the affidavit filed by the petitioner in

support of the present w rit petition is as under:

The case of the petitioner is that the members of the

Mudiraj community have been traditionally engaged in fishing for

nearly 60 years in Chinna Cheruvu, Ravi Kunta, and Chitter

Kunta lakes at Ghatkesar. However, in 2013, members of the

Besta community allegedly created fabricated documents and

fraudulently registered the Primary Fishermen Cooperative

Society Ltd., Ghatkesar (5th respondent). Subsequent inquiries

conducted by the Gram Panchayat Secretary and the Enquiry

Officer reportedly supported the petitioner’s claim, and a criminal

case was also registered against the 5th respondent society

under Sections 420, 468, and 471 IPC.

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It is further the case of the petitioner that earlier writ

petitions were filed and disposed of by the High Court with

directions to the authorities to consider the petitioner’s

representations. Despite submitting a further representation

dated 11.08.2025 seeking cancellation of the 5th respondent

society and the formation of a new society through a skill test

and elections, the authorities have allegedly failed to take any

action. Hence, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition.

4. PERUSED THE RECORD

A. The counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent

No.4 and in particular para Nos.3, 9, 15 & 16 are extracted

hereunder:-

3. In reply to Para Nos: 2 It is submitted that, the

representation was given by the Petitioners on

Dt 11.08.2025 to cancel the registration of Fishermen

Cooperative Society, Ghatkesar and to organize a new

society. In this regard, it is submitted that, the

representation was perused and was disposed vide letter

no. 257/C/2025 Dt.22.10.2025 in which it is mentioned

that in compliance to the directions of the Hon'ble High

Court Order in WP.No in 23877 of 2021 mentioned in the

present writ petition, the order was already passed by the

respondent No.4 / District Fisheries Officer/ Deputy

Registrar of Cooperative Societies (Fisheries), Medchal

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