Gyan, applied for membership of 'Jan Kalyan Society', registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and paid the subscription to the said society; but the management did not admit him, as a member of the society.

The claim of Gyan, being eligible to become a member of society by paying prescribed subscription is not his right to become a member. The present case is similar to the case of Abhoy Pado Bose v. Queen's Anglo Sanskrit School, Lucknow 34.1.C.263 (Oudh). In this case Court held that no one can claim admission to a society as a matter of right on payment of the prescribed subscription. The discretion of the governing body is final concerning grant or refusal of admission to a person.