G.C. Bharuka, J.—The Petitioners claiming to be the members of the Respondent-Karnataka State Cricket Association (in short "the Association") have approached this Court for quashing Item No. 11 of its Managing Committee Resolution dated 20.3.2000 (Annexure-A) on the ground that it amounts to infringement of their statutory rights of voting as protected under the proviso to Sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 (in short 'the Act').

2. The present writ petitions have been placed before us on being referred by the learned Single Judge under Section 9 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961.

3. The Association is a society registered under the Act. According to its registered memorandum of Association its object inter alia is to control, regulate, help, encourage, promote and develop the game of cricket in the whole of the State of Karnataka. The Association has framed its Rules which were registered with the memorandum containing provisions relating to the admission of members, general meetings, proceedings at such meeting including voting by members, the governing body and proceedings of the meeting of the governing body as required under S