( 1 ) THIS writ petition is by a group of 15 petitiouers all claiming to be the elected directors of two co-operative societies viz, Karnataka state silk hand loom weavers co-operative apex ltd. Bangalore and the Karnataka state cotton handloom weavers co-operative ltd, Bangalore. They are seriously aggrieved by an order of the additional registrar of co-operative societies dated 29-6-92 vide Annexure-A under which the learned registrar who is a party respondent in this writ petition (r2) ordered the amalgamation of the two societies referred to supra who are incidentally respondents 4 and 5 herein and in their places brought out a new society called the Karnataka, co-operative handloom weavers federation ltd, Bangalore who is the third respondent in this writ petition. Challenging the order of the second respondent-additional registrar as aforesaid, the erstwhile directors of the two societies i. e. some of them have made a serious grievance of the action taken by the second respondent to wipe out from existence the two societies i. e. , 4th and 5th respondents, both of whom had been created due to the initiative of a large number of members of the two societies th