1 912-wp-8745-2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8745 OF 2024 Devidas Sakharam Rathod VERSUS The Cooperative Commissioner And Registrar Cooperative Societies And Others ... Mr. A. A. Khande, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. B. V. Virdhe, AGP for Respondent-State ….. CORAM : AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. DATED : 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2026 P.C. :- . Feeling aggrieved by the decision and order dated 28.10.2022 passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar, Co- operative Societies, Aurangabad in Appeal No.15 of 2022, the petitioner has filed a Revision Application under Section 9 of the Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, 2014. Referring to a judgment and order passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.14389 of 2019, wherein it was held that a Revision under Section 9 was not maintainable against the order passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar, the Revisional Authority dismissed the Review Petition for want of jurisdiction. 2026:BHC-AUG:43156 2 912-wp-8745-2024 2. Mr. A. A. Khande, learned Advocate for the petitioner would submit that Review Application no.196 of 2024 was filed before this Court seeking review of the judgment and order dated 24.04.2024 passed in Writ Petition No.14389 of 2019. After hearing the parties, this Court allowed the Review Application and the judgment order dated 24.04.2024 supra came to be recalled. Mr. Khande submits that the said Revision also arose out of an order passed by the Revisional Authority under Section 9 and the Writ Petition is pending for hearing before this Court. Further contention of Mr. Khande is that since observations by this Court to the effect that Revision under Section 9 in the circumstances have subsequently been recalled, the Revision needs to be remitted to the Revisional Authority for consideration on its own merits. 3. Notices issued to the respondents in this Revision are reported to be served, yet nobody caused appearance on behalf of them. Since the observations that revision Application under Section 9 would not be maintainable are recalled, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this Writ Petition by relegating the parties back to the Revisional Authority for decision in the Revision on its own merits. Hence, I pass following order: 3 912-wp-8745-2024 ORDER a. The Writ Petition stands allowed. b. The order dated 20.06.2024, passed by the Co-operative Commissioner & Registrar Co- operative Societies (Money Lending), Maharashtra State, Pune is quashed and set aside. c. The matter is relegated back to the Revisional Authority for deciding the same on its own merits. d. The Revisional Authority shall issue notice to the respondents in the Revision and shall decide the same on its own merits after giving due opportunity of hearing to the parties. e. Writ Petition stands disposed of accordingly. f. The interim relief granted earlier, to continue for further period of eight weeks from today. ( AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. ) Rushikesh/2026