ORDER :

1. The Ex-Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sheep and Goat Development Cooperative Federation Limited, Guntur, Guntur District filed this writ petition to issue writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in passing the impugned order dated 09.05.2022, wherein and whereby the 2nd respondent has superseded the Managing Committee of the Federation under section 34 (1) of the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 with effect from 09.05.2022 as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and contrary to the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 and violative of principles of natural justice.

2. The case of the petitioner is that in the elections conducted on 08.03.2019 for electing the Managing Committee of the Andhra Pradesh Sheep and Goat Development Cooperative Federation Limited (for brevity called as “Federation”), the petitioner was elected as Chairman for a period of five years. The Federation is a registered body under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 (in short “the Act, 1964”). All the Presidents of the Primary Societies who are forming the members of the District Committee in turn elect the President