V. RAJAGOPALA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) ELECTIONS were conducted for the Board of Directors of the 2nd respondent society and for the Presidentship of the society, on 27-5-1995. All the eight Directors were elected unanimously. So also the president, the 3rd respondent herein. The petitioners were elected as Directors. There were strained relations between the petitioners and the 3rd respondent, the President. Therefore, it was alleged, the 3rd respondent, who is the President of the Society, along with 3 Directors hatched a plan to declare the petitioners as disqualified members on the ground of not attending three meetings of the Board, which renders automatic cessation of the membership. Accordingly a meeting was called on 5-12-1996, and one of the agenda to be discussed was to declare the petitioners as disqualified. However, the petitioners were not served with the notices for the meeting to be held on 5-2-96. Coming to know of the agenda, they filed a representation to the 3rd respondent, stating that they had been attending all the Board meetings regularly. They also requested that they should also be given notice of the meeting to be held on 5-12-96. However, the 3rd respondent did no

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