[Civil Appeal No.4646 of 2006]. Biswa Ranjan Sengupta (hereinafter referred to as 'the appellant's father'), was admitted as a member of the Sarbar View Cooperative Housing Society Limited (hereinafter referred to as 'the Cooperative Society'), against Flat No.4-RB 2/3, Purbachal Housing Estate, Phase-II, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkatta. He (Biswa Ranjan Sengupta) had married Parul Sengupta. Out of the above wedlock, there were two children - a daughter (Indrani Wahi) and a son (Dhruba Jyoti Sengupta). It is not a matter of dispute, that his (Biswa Ranjan Sengupta's) membership of 'the Cooperative Society' had resulted in the allotment of the flat referred to hereinabove. Biswa Ranjan Sengupta recorded the name of the appellant - Indrani Wahi, in terms of the mandate contained in Section 79 of the West Bengal Cooperative Societies Act, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as 'the 1983 Act'). Under Section 79, a member of 'the Cooperative Society' is required to nominate a person in whose favour 'the Cooperative Society' would dispose of the share or interest of the member "on his death".
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