On merits, it was submitted that such Registrar, Addl.
To put it succinctly, the grievance of the petitioner was that these provisions provide for appointment of persons number having any education in law, though discharging the judicial function, which was impermissible and ex facie violative of Art.
14 and 21 of the Constitution.
The petitioner had even given suggestion to the effect that the appointments of these presiding officers be made in manner presiding officers of the labour companyrts are appointed.
In the first place, the very maintainability of the Writ Petition was assailed on the ground that the petitioner had number approached the High Court with clean hands and had suppressed the fact that he was a chronic litigant whose various cases were pending before the Cooperative Court.
As such, he was number companypetent to file the Writ Petition in the nature of PIL.
In that petition, the petitioner has challenged the validity of Section 3 of the M.P. State Co operative Societies Act, 1960 hereinafter referred to as the Act to the extent this provision permits the State Government to appoint the Registrar of the Co operative Society, as well as Additional Registrar, Joint Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar etc.
function under the supervision of M.P. State Cooperative Tribunal in short the Tribunal .
Registrar etc.
The petitioner also challenged proviso added to Section 77 3 b and Section 77 6 of the Act as unconstitutional.
Against the aforesaid judgment, present Special Leave Petition is preferred under Art.
K.SIKRI,J. The petitioner herein had filed Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Principal Seat at Jabalpur, in the nature of Public Interest Litigation.
