Pasala Jojappa v. 1. The State of Telangana

6. Paravada Satyanarayana Dora, Sio Sri Parasu Ramudu, Age- 56 Secretary- of Telugu Cine workers Co-operative Housing Society Limited, Chitrapuri Hills, Manikonda Jakir village, Gandipet Mandal, R.R. District, Hyderabad - 500 104. ,...RESPONDENTS Petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of [\,4andamus, declaring the action of the Respondents 2 and 3, in not passing of an ord€ r on the complaints of the Petitione seeking the requested information and doCuments by implementing Section 119 :f the Act, subsequently to take necessary zrnd immediate action on the wrong do:rs (Respondent Nos. 5 and 6) as per sectron 79 of the Act, who are celiberate y not implementing the law/orders, is illeg:rl, arbitrary and u nco n stitutio nal and :onsequently direct the Respondent No. 2 and 3 to take necessary action on th : complaints mentioned supra in the interes of justice. l.A.NO:1 OF 2024 Petition Unde r Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed ir- support of the petition, the High c( urt may be pleased to direct the Respondent No.2 and 3 to suspend the Respo:ldents No.5 and 6 from the Managing committee as President and secretary o1 the Respondent No.4, pending the disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI PASALA JOJAPPA Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3 : GP FOR COOPT RATION Counsel for the Respondent No.4 : SRI M.PRATHEEK REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.5 & 6 : SRI K.RAHUL The Court made the following ORDER THE HON'BLE SMT..JUSTICE T. I\{ADHAVI DE'VI WRIT PETITION No.29 183 of 2024 ORDER 'fhis Writ Petition is f-rled seeking a Writ ot- Mandamus declaring the action of respondents No'2 and 3 in not passing orders on the complaints of the petilionel and nct supptying documents sought under Section I l9 of the Te la'ngana Cooperative Societies Act' ..the Act,.) and not tak.ing action on the -vrongdoe rs l 964 ( fol shorl' i.e., respondents No.5 and 6 under Section 79 of the Act' 'lhe petitioner, pary in personl subrnitted that he made an 2. application under ti.re Right tc iriformation Act for the supply of infbrmation and the same was :::piied to yir# letter dated l8'10'2024' informing him that ihe society is noi a public authol'ity and theretbre' it is not required to supply the infonr:ation under the Right to Intbrmation Act. Thereatter, he made a representation dated 07.08.2023 by e-mail for the supply of certain documents' The g.rievance of the petiticner is that the said infbnna"lon' has not been given to him in spite of the provisions of Section 1 I 9 of the Act' TMDJ wD_)9183 2024

3. - Learn,:d Standing Counsel fbr respondent No.4-society has taken an objection about the maintainability of this Writ Petition and subrnitted that the petitioner has an altemative r, rtnedv before the Registrar under Section 6 t ol the Act and could r ot have flleci this Writ Pctition.

4. Learned counsel appearing fbr respondent; No.5 and 6 also raised objections about the maintainabitity of this \\ r'it Petition on the ground that the petitioner is claiming to be arr alt st and also as an advocate and therefore,, he cannot pursue tll'o prole;sions at the same

5. This (lourt finds that the ob.iection of respt,ndent No.6 is not germane lol a decision on the gric'.'l -rce ol- the peti ioner in this Writ Petition and therefore, it is rejected. As regards tl.re objection of respondent No.4 that there is an allernate rcmcdy ii r the petitioner to approach the Registrar, this Court irnds that if then is a dispute with regard to the sr"rpply of the documcnts, then the pcii .ioner u,ould have to approach the Registrar. But Lhis is a case vu'her e the respondents have not responded to the application of the petitiorer and therefore, the. said object-ion of respondent No.4 is also re.jcr'ted. Respondent 3 TMD] wp_29183_)O24 No.4 is therelore directcd to suppi'r,'all the documents that have becn requested by the petitioner vra email dated 07.08.2023 to the petirioner after collecting the iequisite f-ee. ij' necessan,. rvithin a pcriod ol- nvo weeks lrorn the datc of receipt oi a copy ofthis order.

6. With the above dircctions, this Writ Perition is Cisposed of. There shall be no order as to costs l tVliscellaneous applicaiions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed. //TRUE COPY// SD/ M. OSMAN ALI BAIG S ISTANT REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER 2

1. The Principal Secretary, Cooperative Department, Bhavan, Liberty Road, State of Telangana at Hyd The Commissioner of Cooperation, and Registrar 3rd Floor, Gruhakalpa Building, Nampally, Hyderabad - 500001. orgu Rama Krishna Rao bad - 500029. Cooperative Societies

3. The District Cooperative Officer, IDOC, Kongara Kalan, Ranga Reddy District. 4. The President / Secretary, Telugu Cine workers Co-operative Housing Society Limited, Chitrapuri Hills, t\rlanikonda Jagir village, Gandipet Mandal, R.R. District, Hyderabad - 500 104.

5. Two CCs to GP FOR COOPERATION, High Court for the State of Telangana To at Hyderabad. [OUT]

6. One CC to SRI TV.PRATHEEK REDDY, Advocate IOPUC] 7. One CC to SRI K RAHUL, Advocate (OPUC) 8. One CC to SRI PASALA JOJAPPA, Advocate (OPUC) 9. Two CD Copies SA TK

0. HIGH COURT DATED:2410612025 ORDER WP.No.29183 of 2024

24.', .7.. : . '.. 20 itPM \. '.: DISPOSTNG OF THE W.P WITHOUT COSTS. v