( 1 ) HEARD Mr. Jayakumar Patil, the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Advocate General, the learned Counsel for the respondents.

( 2 ) ISSUE rule.

( 3 ) THE petitioners are not only members but also candidates for the election to the Committee of the Primary Co-operative Agriculture and rural Development Bank (2nd respondent ). The petitioners in this writ petition challenge the order of the Government, dated 15-3-2000 at Annexure-D and the Corrigendum dated 15-3-2000.

( 4 ) A notification at Annexure-D and a corrigendum of the same date was issued by the Government of Karnataka. A perusal of the English translation of the impugned notifications indicate that the Government had exercised powers under Section 30-B of the Karnataka Co-operative societies Act (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') to issue the impugned notifications.

( 5 ) IT would be appropriate at this stage to deal with Section 30-B of the Act (Karnataka State Act 13 of 2000 ). Section 30-B gives certain power to the State Government to issue certain directions in public interest from time to time to the Co-operative Societies and the societies are bound to comply with such di