( 1 ) THESE writ petitions are filed by the employees of various co-operative societies contending that they were illegally terminated by the respective societies without following the procedure prescribed under law or the principles of natural justice, therefore, they requested to issue writ of mandamus declaring the orders of their termination from service as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the Act and violative of articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

( 2 ) THE respondents contended that the orders of termination have been passed by following the provisions of the Act and the instructions given by the concerned authorities from time to time. Therefore, there is no illegality or arbitrariness in the orders of termination passed against the petitioners.

( 3 ) SINCE these matters involved similar questions of fact and law, I wish to answer a common question of law regarding the maintainability of the writ petitions initially and the merits of the writ petitions separately.

( 4 ) IN the light of the contentions made by both parties, the following are the points taken up for consideration. Points for consideration: (1) Whether a writ of mandamus agains

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