Abdul Hameed Badurdeen et al. vs The Registrar et al. – CA WRIT 233/2012-2013

In the case between Abdul Hameed Badurdeen, Abdul Wahab Mohamed Mahudoom, Ibrah Lebbe Thowfeek, and others (Petitioners) and The Registrar, Registrar of Co-operative Societies, M.C.M. Sheriff, and others (Respondents), the court addressed whether the petitioners were entitled to writs of certiorari and mandamus in relation to an order affecting them and the procedural propriety of an appeal submitted under Section 60(2) of the Co-operative Society Ordinance. It was held that an appeal signed and lodged by an Attorney-at-Law, rather than the aggrieved parties themselves, did not satisfy the statutory requirement. The court reaffirmed the principle that statutory appeals must conform strictly to procedural requirements stipulated by law. Emphasis was placed on the necessity for compliance wi