( 1 ) IN this Petition in which the petitioner has prayed for quashing the order of the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies made under Section 126-A of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies act, 1959 ('the Act' for short) removing him from the membership of the Committee of management of Bijapur District Central Co-operative Bank and disqualifying him from holding any office in the Bank as also in any other co-operative society, for a period of three years, which has been confirmed in appeal by the Additional Registrar of Co-operative Societies, the following question of law arises for consideration " whether a member of a managing committee of a co-operative society is liable to be removed from the office and disqualified for being a member of managing committee on the ground that he was a party to a decision or act, of the managing committee, which is found to be violative of the provisions of the Act or the Rules or the bye-laws and/or prejudicial to the interests of the society, by an order made under Section 126-A of the Act ?"

( 2 ) THE facts of the case, in brief, are as follows :the Bijapur District Central Co-operative Bank, bijapur, is a Society functi