2025:CGHC:47685 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 10507 of 2025 1 - Dilip Dubey S/o Shri Krishna Dubey Aged About 50 Years Assistant Accountant ( Suspended ) Under The Office Of Co- Operative Bank Branch Raipur, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj ( C.G. ). ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Secretary, Co- Operative Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Nagar, Mantralaya, Nawa Raipur District- Raipur ( C.G. ). 2 - The Collector Ramanujganj District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj( C.G. ). 3 - The Chief Executive Officer District- Co- Operative Central Bank, Ambikapur District- Surguja ( C.G. ). 4 - Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pension- Ambikapur District- Surguja ( C.G. ). ---- Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Sunil Tripathi, Advocate For State : Mr. Shreyansh Mehta, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas Order on Board 17.09.2025 1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition assailing the order dated 01.08.2025 by which recovery of an amount of Rs. 28.93 lakh has been ordered. KISHORE KUMAR DESHMUKH Digitally signed by KISHORE KUMAR DESHMUKH Date: 2025.09.18 11:21:58 +0530 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that due process of law has not been followed and principle of natural justice has been violated in passing the order of recovery. 3. Since, the petitioner is an employee of Cooperative Bank which is a cooperative society under the provisions of the Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. Therefore, the grievance raised by the petitioner shall be redressed under the provisions of Section 55 of the Act of 1960. 4. Since, alternate and efficacious remedy is available to the petitioner, the writ petition before this Court is not maintainable. However, the petitioner is granted liberty to take recourse available to him under the provisions of the Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. 5. It is further directed that if the petitioner raises his grievance under the Cooperative Societies Act, the authority as well as the respondents shall not take plea of limitation and the authority shall decide the case on its own merits expeditiously. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the writ petition is disposed off. Sd/- (Narendra Kumar Vyas) Judge Deshmukh