ORDER :

The 1st petitioner common in both the petitions viz., ‘Bengaluru Urban Zilla Amateur Kabaddi Association’ along with others (hereinafter referred as ‘the petitioner’) is before this Court calling in question order dated 23-08-2021 and the basis of the said order being the Inquiry Report dated 19-07-2021.

2. Heard Sri Jayakumar S.Patil, learned senior counsel appearing for petitioners, Smt. Rashmi Patel, learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri N.Dinesh Rao, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.3.

3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts germane for consideration of the lis, are as follows:

The petitioner is a registered Association under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 (‘the Act’ for short) represented by its President and Committee Members. The petitioner/Association claims to have an affiliation of 60 clubs and they are said to be members of the petitioner/Association. It is averred that there are about 24 Kabaddi Associations throughout the State and all these Kabaddi Associations are affiliated and are members of the Karnataka Rajya Amateur Kabaddi Association (Regd.) which is a State body. In terms of byelaws of th