VINEET BHARDWAJ vs REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETY & ANR.

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$~56 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19th March, 2026 Uploaded on: 24th March, 2026 + W.P.(C) 13201/2024 VINEET BHARDWAJ .....Petitioner Through: Ms Rashmi Jain and Akhil Kumar Beriwal, Advs. versus REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETY & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Gagan Kumar, Ms. Puja Jakhar, Mr. Suraj Dhawan, Advs. Mr. Abhinav Sharma, Mr. Ujjwal Jain, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed, inter alia, seeking clearance of the Petitioner’s membership in Respondent No. 2 - Gulshan-E-Iqbal CGHS Ltd. (hereinafter “the Society”). 3. The brief facts of the case are that the Society had published on 23rd May, 2013 a public notice in two newspapers i.e., Veer Arjun (Hindi) and The Hindu (English), in respect of one vacancy of membership therein. In response to the said notice, 24 applications had been received, out of which 10 were rejected. In respect of the remaining 14 applications which were approved, including the Petitioner’s application, a draw of lots was conducted by the Society on 21st June 2013 and the membership was allotted to the Petitioner. Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 13201/2024 Page 1 of 11 NEGI Signing Date:24.03.2026 18:34:28 4. Further to the above, a Demand-cum-Allotment letter was issued to the Petitioner on 24th June, 2013 along with a share certificate with membership no. 398. The Petitioner was also asked to deposit a sum of Rs. 25,68,610/- within 30 days and the said amount was duly deposited. 5. However, the Registrar of Cooperative Societies (hereinafter “RCS”) refused to approve the said allotment on the ground that there was a violation of Rule 19(2) of the De