- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27143 WP No. 17652 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN WRIT PETITION NO. 17652 OF 2023 (CS-RES) BETWEEN: 1. SYNDICATE RAITHARA SEVA SAHAKARA SANGHA LTD (A SOCIETY REGD., UNDER KCS ACT, 1959) HEAD OFFICE KOKKARNE BRAHMAVARA TALUK UDUPI DISTRICT-576234 REP BY ITS PRESIDENT MR ASHOK KUMAR SHETTY AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS 2. SRI K UDAYA SHETTY S/O THEJAPPA SHETTY AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST PETITIONER SOCIETY 38 KALTHURU VILLAGE, SANTHEKATTE BRAHMAVARA TALUK-576215 3. SMT SUNITHA D SHETTY W/O K DAYANANDA SHETTY AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST PETITIONER SOCIETY KENJOORU VILLAGE, KOKKARNE BRAHMAVARA TALUK-576234 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. VEERESH MAHESH UPPIN, ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by V MANJUSHA BAI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27143 WP No. 17652 of 2023 AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF CO OPERATION VIKAS SOUDHA BENGALURU-560001 REP BY ITS SECRETARY 2. THE REGISTRAR OF CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN KARNATAKA NO.1, ALI ASKAR ROAD BENGALURU-560052 3. THE ASST. REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES KUNDAPURA SUB DIVISION SANJEEVA PRABHU BUILDING MASTIKATTE, KUNDAPURA UDUPI DISTRICT-576201 …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SPOORTHI V., HCGP) THIS PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER DTD 17/03/2023 BEARING NO.RCS/CRD/KME- 3/21/2022-23 PASSED BY RESPONDENT NO.2 MARKED AS ANNEXURE-A THE LETTER DTD 11/07/2023 BEARING NO.RCS/CRD/KME-3/21/2022-23 ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.2 MARKED AS ANNEXURE-E AND ORDER DTD 11/07/2023 BEARING NO.RCS/CRD/KME-3/21/2022-23 PASSED BY RESPONDENT NO.2 MARKED AS ANNEXURE-F BY ISSUING A - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27143 WP No. 17652 of 2023 WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI IN SO FAR AS THE P-1 IS CONCERNED AND ETC. THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THROUGH PHYSICAL HEARING/VIDEO CONFERENCING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN ORAL ORDER Petitioner No.1 is a Co-operative Society. The State has published model bye-laws and have directed the petitioner - Society to adopt the same. The said direction has been issued in pursuance of the direction issued by Central Government. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. 2. The case of the petitioner is that, the model bye-laws of the co-operative society contemplates several functions and much of the functions are irrelevant for the petitioner - Society, as the same falls outside its purview, for which it has been constituted. It is further submitted that under similar circumstances, the Co-ordinate Bench of - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27143 WP No. 17652 of 2023 this Court in W.P.No.16067/2023 has passed an order, wherein, the petitioner - Society is given the liberty to adopt the model bye-laws wherever relevant and not otherwise. It is submitted that the present writ petition may also be disposed of on similar terms. 3. The learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for the respondents has no objection for the same. 4. For the aforementioned reasons, I do not see any reason why the order passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in W.P.No.16067/2023 should not enure to the benefit of the petitioner - Society herein. 5. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the order passed by this Court in W.P.No.16067/2023. Sd/- (M.I.ARUN) JUDGE PGG List No.: 1 Sl No.: 25