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(a) make inquiries;
(b) give approval;
(c) communicate it to the Society as well as the member The resolution becomes effective thereafter.

26. Reading of these provisions shows that the resolution has to be passed by the Society and considered on merits of each matter.

27. In the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of K.V. Sundaram and Anr. v. Raj Rajeshwari Coop. Housing Society Ltd. and Ors. 1980 C.T.J. 130, it has been that the Registrar must give a hearing to the member concerned for making inquiries and give an opportunity to him/her of representing his or her case under Rule 29(2) of the MCS Rules. It has been held in that judgment that an enquiry is not a mere mechanical, idle formality. Though on the face of it, it appears that it is a summary enquiry, having regard to the consequences that would follow the decision of the expulsion of a member, the Registrar is bound to apply his mind and consider also the validity of the resolution passed by the Society. Consequently, it is an enquiry which is a substitute for a Civil Court but only required to be agitated in the special forum created under Section 91 of the MCS Act, which grants the said forum special jurisdiction. Hence, it is held that the Registrar must go into the merits of the particular case and not look simply at the formalities of procedure.