JUDGMENT

S.B. Majmudar, J. -Leave granted.

2. Both these appeals under Article 136 of the Constitution of India seek to challenge a common judgment and order dated 25.3.1997 rendered by a Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in Writ Appeal Nos. 7486 and 7487 of 1996, whereby two Writ Petition Nos. 3630 and 33463 of 1994 filed in the High Court by Respondent Nos. 2 to 10 herein came to be allowed against the common appellant-Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society (for short appellant-society ). By the impugned judgment it was also held by the High Court that Rule 7 as well as the substituted Rule 7(A) framed by the appellant-society ran counter to Section 2(b) of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). These Rules were, therefore, struck down. An additional reason for striking down the Rules, according to the High Court, was the fact that the Rules were harsh in their operation. In order to appreciate the grievance of the appellant-society regarding the impugned Rules, it is necessary to note a few relevant introductory facts.

Background facts :

2. The appellant-society was earlier registered on 3.4.1958 under the prov