G. Bhavani Prasad, J.

The constitutional and legal validity of the Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance 2 of 2006 and the consequential Government Orders and Proceedings are under challenge in this batch of writ petitions. On replacement of the Ordinance by the Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act 20 of 2006, W.P. No.3275 of 2006 was permitted to be amended for the purpose of challenging the constitutionality and vires of the Amendment Act without the necessity of filing formal applications for the purpose in the other petitions.

The Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 is hereinafter referred to as “1964 Act” and the Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Co-operative Societies Act, 1995 is referred to as “1995 Act”. The Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Corporation is referred to as “the Corporation” and the Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Limited is referred to as “the Federation”.

The Chairmen of the District Milk Producers Co-operative Unions of Nalgonda - Ranga Reddy, Krishna, Karimnagar, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasam and Guntur filed Writ Petition Nos.2214, 2291, 2294, 2295,