Judgment

K. Ramaswamy, J.-Leave granted in all the special leave petitions.

2. These appeals arise from the judgment and order dated May 9, 1991 passed in Writ Petition No. 1018-20 of 1979 by a Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court. The facts are fairly not in dispute.

3. Paid Secretaries were recruited by the Rajasthan Credit Co-operative Institutions Cadre Authority Limited (for short, the ‘Cadre Authority Society’) constituted under Section 4(1) of the Rajasthan Co-operative Societies Act, 1965 (for short, the ‘Act’). They were appointed in the respective District Co-operative Banks initially under Recruitment and Service Conditions of the Managers of Agricul­ture Credit Cooperative Societies Rules, 1977 (1977 Rules) and there­after under Agriculture Cooperative Credit Societies Service Rules, 1969 (for short, the ‘1969 Rules’) by the Managers of the District Cooperative Banks and were sought to be posted to the Primary Agricul­ture Credit Cooperative Societies (for short, the ‘PACS’) fastening liability of their salary on the PACS who have challenged the validity of the constitution of Cadre Authority Society and also the power of the Registrar of the Cooperative Societies (f