Gujarat HC issues notice to Guj minister

Gujarat High Court has issued notice to Minister of Cooperation on a petition filed by daughter-in-law of deceased Santokben Jadeja, who was known as "Godmother", challenging government order of rejecting registration of Milk Producers' Cooperation Union for women.
Justice C L Soni has last week issued notice to minister Babu Bokhiriya, Registrar of Cooperative Societies and Gujarat government, which are returnable on March 12.
"The petitioner, by way of the present petition, begs to challenge the legality, validity and propriety of the government order dated January 10, 2014, whereby they dismissed the application submitted by the petitioner for the registration of the Milk Producers' Cooperation Union (MPCU) for women," the petition by Bindu Jadeja said.

It said that the said action of the respondent (Minister) was ex-facie malicious and a classic example of colourable exercise of powers, "in as much as the petitioner having made a proposal for the registration of the Milk Producers Cooperative Union for women in Porbandar district."
The petition further said that Bokhiriya as the Minister in-charge of the Cooperation Department in the Ministry has abused his offices and powers and got the proposal submitted by petitioner rejected on the ground that one union was already registered.
"The order is ex-facie illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 19, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India," it said.