ITEM 4O.1 COURT NO. SECTION XIV SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS T.A.NG, 4-8/2015 in Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal {C) MNo(s).19375/2013 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28/05/2013 in WPC No, 1362/2013 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi) SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOC, THR. HONY.SECY. Petitioner (s) VERSUS CENTRAL REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOC.¢0R Respondent(s) (for appropriate direction, impleadment, directions, transfer of W.P.(C)No. 1565/2013 pending before High Court of Delhi and issue of notice filed by Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta-II and office report) Date: 09/04/2015 These applications were called on for hearing today. CORAM = HON"BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL For Petitioner(s) Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Ranbir Yadav, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, AOR Mr. Aftab Alam, Adv. For Respondent (s) Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra, Adv. Mr, Anil Kumar Gupta-II, Adv, NOIDA Mr. Ravindra Kumar, av. UPPCB Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Srivastava, Adv. MOEF Mr. Surender Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Bharat Singh, Adv. Ms, Disha Singh, Adv. N. Terdal, Adv.UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following ORDER Yesterday, when the matter was taken up for consideration, it was pointed out by Mr, Gaurav Agrawal, learned counsel that the Administrator of the Society, viz., Justice Deepak Verma, former Judge of this Court had sent him a letter dated 8“* April, 2015 to the effect that he may be discharged from the obligation of being the Administrator of the Society. It was also stated in the letter that the resolutions passed against him contain false and baseless allegations and they may be withdrawn or quashed, Justice Deepak Verma has also mentioned that he had tried his best to serve the interest of the learned members of the Society, but it was not possible to keep everyone happy and that under the circumstances, in spite of the efforts put by him, he is of the opinion that it would be appropriate if his request for being discharged as the Administrator is accepted. Mr. Dushyant Dav . President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) had stated yesterday that till date there is no grievance against Justice Deepak Verma, former Judge of this Court and that there are no allegations against him in the resolutions passed by SCBA.Under the circumstances, we accept the request of Justice Deepak Verma, former Judge of this Court to be discharged from the obligation of being an Administrator of the Society. We make it clear that there are no allegations made against Justice Deepak Verma in respect of the dutie on date. performed by him During the course of hearing yesterday, a suggestion was put forward by some of the learned counsel who are members of the Society to the effect that in place of Justice Deepak Verma, Mr. Dushyant Dave, President of SCBA may be appointed as the Administrator to look into the affairs of the Society. We were of the opinion that Mr. Dushyant Dave may not be able to give an answer immediately and we adjourned the matter for today. A suggestion was alsa given by some learned counsel that since Mr. Dushyant Dave may require assistance, he may nominate some persons to assist him in the task. It is under these circumstances that the proceedings were adjourned for today to enable Mr. Bushyant Dave to consider the suggestions made by some of the learned counsel _ Today, Mr. Dushyant Dave has handed over a brief note in which he has suggested that a Committee will be constituted to oversee the functioning of the Housing Society to ensure alletment of the flats and their occupation as early as possible. It is stated in theNote that the Committee will comprise of the following: (i) Mr. Dushyant Dave as Chairperson (ii) Mr. P.P, Khurana, Sr. Advocate and Member of the Executive Committee of SCBA (iii) Mr. Sukumar Pattjoshi, Sr. Advocate and Member of the Executive Committee of SCBA and also a paid member of the Housing Society (iv) Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Advocate and Treasurer of SCBA and also a paid member of the Housing Society (vy Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Advocate and Joint Treasurer of SCBA and also a paid member of the Housing Society (vi) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Advocate and Secretary of SCBA as Convener. Mr. Dushyant Dave has suggested that he would like to co-opt two experts to assist the Committee, viz., Mr. Shiban Ganju, a well-known architect and Mr. Pradeep Dinedia, a well-known Chartered Accountant. The suggestion of Mr. Dushyant Dave has been put to the very large number of Advocates who are present in Court today and there seems to be near unanimity to the acceptance of the suggestion given by Mr. Dushyant Dave. In view of near unanimity of the very large number of learned counsel who are present in Court teday, the Committee proposed by Mr. Dushyant Dave will take overthe management of the Housing Society till alternative arrangements are made in accordance with law by the Central Registrar of the Multi State Co-operative Society under the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002. Mr. Dushyant Dave states that the Committee will function as an interim Administrator till alternative arrangements are made by the Central Registrar. The Committee will discharge the functions of the management of the Socie Mr. Dave states that all efforts will be made to try and ensure that the draw of lots for allotment of flats is completed within a period of two weeks. Mr, Gaurav Bhatia, learned counsel appearing on behalf of U.P. Pollution Control Board and Government of Uttar Pradesh, states that he will look into the matter and render assistance to the Society in accordance with la Similarly, Mr. Ravindra Kumar, irned counsel appearing on behalf of NOIDA and Mr. Surender Kumar Gupta, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India will look into the matter and render necessary assistance in accordance with law. It has been pointed out that the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Uttar Pradesh (SEIAA) may be a necessary party. Accordingly, SEIAA is impleaded as a party-respondent. Amended memo of partiesbe filed within two weeks. List I.A. No.4 of 2015 in SLP(C) No.19375 of 2013 in the first week of July, 2015. IA Nos.5,6,7 and 8 of 2015 in SLP(C) No.19375 of 2013 Stand disposed of. (SANJAY KUMAR-I) (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) COURT MASTER