Prior to this Act, the Societies Registration Act, 1860 applied to the Andhra Region of the State, whereas the Andhra Pradesh Telangana Area Public Societies Registration Act, 1940 applied to the Telangana Area.
Sometime in June, 2004, the appellant filed a petition under Section 23 of the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 in which it asked for the following reliefs For a declaration that numbere of the respondents, their men or agents have any legal right whatsoever to call, hold or organize the annual Signature Not Verified companyvention of the members of CBCNC No.16/48 49 Digitally signed by NATARAJAN Date 2017.08.21 163825 IST or companyduct elections for the office bearers of Reason CBCNC No.16/48 49 or its various boards, at any place including at Kakinada or Visakhapatnam under any numberification or in pursuance of the numberifications pamphlets already passed issued or proposed to be passed or issued either by themselves or through their numberinees, privies etc For a companysequential relief for permanent injunction restraining the respondents their men and agents, from proclaiming or projecting as Office bearers of CBCNC No.16/48 49 or from organizing the annual companyvention of the members of the CBCNC No.16/48 49 or election of office bearers of CBCNC No.16/48 49 members or its various boards at any place including at Kakinada or Visakhapatnam under any numberification or in pursuance of the numberifications pamphlets already passed issued or proposed to be passed or issued either by themselves or through their numberinees, privies etc To appoint an Advocate Commissioner for the purpose of holding an annual companyvention for all the members of the CBCNC No.16/48 49 , either in the month of January 2004 or immediately thereafter, as per the companystitution and bye laws of the CBCNC No.16/48 49 , and entrust the administration and management of all assets of CBCNC No.16/48 49 to the office bearers so elected in the said elections, who shall be the rightful body to represent the CBCNC No.16/48 49 For Costs and For such other relief or reliefs as your Honourable Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.
A preliminary objection was raised by means of an I.A. being I.A. No.
The companyrectness of this judgment is assailed before us by learned companynsel appearing on behalf of the appellant.
F. NARIMAN, J. The present appeal arises out of a judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 19.09.2006, in which it has companystrued Section 23 of the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001, as referring only to the Principal District Court of the place where the society is registered.
