P. V. REDDY, C. J.

( 1 ) WRIT Appeal 4220/2000 is filed by the petitioners in Writ Petition No. 32774/1996 and Writ Appeal No. 7653/1999 is filed by the State Government and other officials, who were respondents in Writ Petition No. 19578/1997. In both the Writ Petitions, the Petitioners are Directors of Bangalore District and Rural District Central Co-operative Bank Limited (hereinafter referred to as 'bank' ).

( 2 ) IN Writ Petition No. 32774/1996 the prayer is to restrain the respondents from taking any adverse action against the petitioners pursuant to the communications dated 8-11-1996 and 11-11-1996 (Annexures - 'c' and 'd' ). Annexure - 'c' is a letter addressed by the then Union Minister of Textiles addressed to the then Chief Minister pointing out serious financial improprieties committed in sanctioning the loans by the Bank under the Chairmanship of the 1st petitioner and requesting the Chief Minister to direct a probe into the entire matter and also to provide him with certain information. Annexure - 'd' is a communication addressed by the Registrar of Co-operative Society (2nd respondent) to the Managing Director of the DCC Bank. In that letter the Registrar observed th

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