RAMDAS YASHWANT MANDLIK vs B.Y.PAGARE and ORS.

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Digitally signed by PRAJAKTA PRAJAKTA SAGAR SAGAR VARTAK LPA219_2006.DOC VARTAK Date: 2025.10.17 18:35:44 +0530 Vidya Amin IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 219 OF 2006 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 6911 OF 2025 Ramdas Yashwant Mandlik (Deceased) through Legal heirs Manoj Ramdas Mandlik & Anr. ... Appellant/ Petitioner Versus B.Y. Pagare, Authorised officer and Assistant Registrar, Co-op. Societies & Ors. ... Respondents _______ Mr. N.N. Bhadrashete a/w. Ms. Priyanka N. Bhadrashete for the appellant. Mr. Ketan Joshi, ‘B’ Panel Counsel for the State. _______ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & AARTI SATHE, JJ. DATE: 17 October, 2025 JUDGEMENT (PER G. S. KULKARNI, J.) 1. This Letters Patent Appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 28 July, 2006 passed by the learned Single Judge whereby Writ Petition No. 6911 of 2004 filed by the appellant/petitioner came to be dismissed. The impugned order was rendered on a batch of writ petitions. The appellant’s writ petition was one of such petitions. The Writ Petitions before the learned Single Judge impugned a common order dated 3 February 2003 passed by respondent no. 1-Authorized Officer and Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies under Section 88(1)1 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 (for short “MCS Act) as confirmed by the appellate/revisional authorities, whereby an 1* Section 88. Power of Registrar to assess damages against delinquent promoters, etc. Page 1 of 20 17 October 2025 LPA219_2006.DOC individual liability was fixed on each of the writ petitioners, who (except the appellant) were elected directors of the managing committee of respondent no. 2- Society, directing them to pay an amount of Rs.21 lakhs each to respondent no.2- Society as damages/