CHOPRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. vs REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 7th May, 2026 Uploaded on: 8th May, 2026. + W.P.(C) 13990/2022 & CM APPL. 42778/2022 CHOPRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sumit Bansal, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Udaibir Sigh Kochar, Mr. Utsav Garg, Ms. Sanartika Pathak & Ms. Nikita Gupta, Advs. versus REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Tushar Sannu & Mr. Fajallu Rehman Advs. for GNCTD CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh J.,(Oral) 1. None appears for Respondent no.2. 2. The present petition challenges the order dated 2nd August, 2018 passed by the Delhi Co-operative Tribunal in Appeal no. 66/2017/DCT and the judgement dated 21st April, 2022 passed thereafter by the Delhi Co-operative Tribunal in Review Petition No. 23/2018. 3. The background of the case is that Respondent No. 2– Mr. Raj Singh had obtained membership of the Petitioner Society– Chopra Co-operative Group Housing Society Ltd. (hereinafter, ‘the Society’) in December 2002. 4. The said member had filed the claim petition under Section 60 of the DCS Act, 1972, claiming membership of the Society. Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 13990/2022 Page 1 of 5 NEGI Signing Date:08.05.2026 15:43:30 5. This claim petition was decided in favour of the claimant vide an award dated 6th April, 2017 in the following terms: “The undersigned is of the view that once a person has been admitted as a member by the Society he will remain member of the Society until and unless he is disqualified/expelled/seized/resigned as a member of the Society. But in the present case none of the conditions is being fulfilled as the claimant is neither disqualified/expelled/seized/resigned as a