The Survey of India Staff Cooperative Housing Society Limited, 4th respondent herein is subjected to repeated litigation as regards membership. In the year 2008, one Sri P.Koteswara Rao filed W.P.No.19901 of 2008 alleging that the then managing committee had admitted quite large number of persons as members contrary to the guidelines issued by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies in Memo, dated 07.06.2000 and prayed for consequential directions. The writ petition was disposed of leaving open to the petitioner therein to canvass his grievance as regards the alleged illegality of the membership before the competent authority and directing that the voters list for the society be prepared in accordance with Rule 18 of the A.P. Cooperative Societies Rules (for short ‘the Rules’) and Circulars in force; and that in the event of any enquiry being held, respondents 5 to 13 therein shall be entitled to put forward their contentions.

2. The petitioners are members, who are admitted between 2006 and 2008. The elections to the managing committee of the society became due. Notification was issued on 18.09.2008 and the programme was published on 19.10.2008. In the process of preparat