( 1 ) THIS appeal by the writ petitioner is directed against the order dismissing his petition on the ground of maintainablity, since, to him, an alternate remedy to raise a dispute under Section 70 of the karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1995 ('the Act' for short) is available for seeking adjudication thereunder.

( 2 ) BRIEF facts leading to the dispute are as follows : the appellant was employed in the 1st respondent-Bank to which nomination of certain Directors is made by the State Government to the Board of Directors. The appellant was appointed as a local candidate to the post of a clerk on July 31. 1972. It is conceded that respondent Nos. 3 to 5 were appointed earlier to the appellant as local candidates. The appointments so made arc purely on an ad hoc basis since 1st respondent-Bank could not make regular appointments at that time. In the year 1974, the 1st repondent Bank having decided to fill up the vacancies by regular recruitment, an interview was conducted by a sub-committee of the Bank to select the candidates for the posts in question which were also open for candidates who were already working as ad hoc employees. In the interview held on Janua