1/2 13 WP.1835.2026.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1835 OF 2026 Subhash Tukaram Patil & Ors. .. Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents … Mr. V. M. Parkar, for the Petitioners. Mr. Karan S. Thorat, ‘B’ Panel Counsel a/w Mr. S. H. Kankal, AGP, for Respondent Nos. 1 to 6. Mr. Jayesh Joshi, for Respondent No. 7. ... CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE & ASHISH S. CHAVAN, JJ. DATED : 18th AUGUST, 2026 P.C:- 1. The limited relief in the Writ Petition is a direction to the Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Thane (West), to decide the repeated applications preferred by him in the form of complaints by invoking the provisions of Section 154B-8 r/w Section 154B-23(1), alongwith Section 27(1) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. Since we find the prayer to be innocuous, and though the learned counsel representing Respondent No. 7, on instructions, make a statement that the matter is scheduled before the said Authority shortly, without verifying the truthfulness of the statement, we deem it appropriate to direct Rushikesh RUSHIKESH VISHNU PATIL Digitally signed by RUSHIKESH VISHNU PATIL Date: 2026.08.25 11:21:45 +0530 2/2 13 WP.1835.2026.odt Respondent No. 6 to take a decision on the complaints/applications preferred by the Petitioners as expeditiously as possible, and in no case later than eight weeks from today. The Writ Petition is disposed of. (ASHISH S. CHAVAN J.) (BHARATI DANGRE, J.) Rushikesh