K. MADHAVA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE short question that arises for consideration in this writ petition is whether the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 and the Rules and Bye-laws made thereunder govern the employment of the petitioners herein, who are all employees of the Wanaparthy Co-operative marketing Society Ltd. , Wanaparthy, or the provisions of the Andhra pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1966.

( 2 ) IT is alleged that the petitioners, who are termed as temporary employees, have put in more than six months service prior to the issuance of the impugned order dated 15-11-1978. They are ousted from service on the ground that they are temporary employees of the Co-operative Society and on the further ground that in view of the huge losses sustained by the society, the financial position of the Society is not such that they could be continued in service. A promise is however, held out that as and when the financial position of the Co-operative Society improves, they would be absorbed in the Institution. Finding little consolation in this promise and being aggrieved by the summary orders of termination of their services, the petitioners have invoked

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