SH. RAJEEV SAXENA & ORS. vs REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES & ORS.

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 16th May, 2025 + W.P.(C) 12218/2021 & CM APPL. 38264/2021 SH. RAJEEV SAXENA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. A.K. Vashishtha & Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Advocates. versus REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Avni Singh, Panel Counsel for GNCTD. Mr. Om Prakash, Mr. Rajeev Pathak & Mr. Ankur Agnihotri, Advocates for R- 2. MR. Gaganmeet Singh Sachdeva & Mr. Harshpreet Singh, Advocates for DDA. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present writ petition is yet another example of how the Registrar of the Cooperative Societies is in fact becoming an impediment in the normal lives of citizens. 3. The Petitioners in this case - Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Mrs. Suparna Guha, Mr. Anup Banerjee, Mrs. Shashi Mehani and Mrs. Mita Datta have knocked Signature Not Verified Signed By:NAMITA W.P.(C) 12218/2021 Page 1 of 8 DHYANI Signing Date:20.05.2025 17:17:33 the doors of this Court and of various authorities since 2004 i.e., for more than two decades. They are admittedly members of the DJA Cooperative Group Housing Society Ltd., at Plot No. 1A, Sector – 13, Dwarka, Phase- I, New Delhi – 110078 (hereinafter “the Housing Society”). The memberships of the Petitioners have been registered between the years 1996 to 2002. 4. It is the case of the Petitioners that the Housing Society had held the draw of lots on 14th March, 2004 for allotment of 145 flats for its members. It is stated that the Petitioners’ names were not part of the list forwarded by the Respondent No. 1 - Registrar of Co-operative Society (hereinafter “the RCS”) to the Housing Society. The said names were not forwarded by