JUDGMENT - H.W. DHABE, J.:---These two writ petitions can be conveniently disposed of by this common judgment as they arise out of the same order passed in the appeal by the Additional Registrar, Co-operative Societies. A reference to the parties, for the sake of convenience, would be with reference to the Writ Petition No. 2380 of 1986. The petitioners 1 to 8 were elected as members of the Managing Committee of the petitioner No. 9 Society, registrar under the provisions of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (for short the Act). They were elected on 8-7-84 and entered the office when the first meeting of the Managing Committee was held on 22-7-1984. It is non in dispute that according to the bye-laws of the petitioner No. 9 society, the tenure of the Managing Committee is five years and as such they would have been entitled to continue in office until 22-7-1989.

2. A show-cause notice dated 25-4-1986 containing five charges was issued under section 78 of the Act to the Managing Committee of the petitioner No. 9 society by the District Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Akola a copy of which was also sent to the Federal Society, as alleged in para 17 of the retu

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