1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent of learned Counsel for respective parties.

2. In all these petitions, the orders passed by the District Consumer Forum imposing liability either on the Directors or Ex-Directors of the Cooperative Society in respect of payment of amount to the complainant/s, is subjected to challenge. As common question falls for determination in all these petitions, those are being taken up together.

3. The complainants in all these matters, Respondents herein, are the depositors of the Cooperative Credit Societies / Banks who have not been refunded the amount of deposit/s by the concerned Credit Societies / Banks after completion of the term. Along with the Directors of the Cooperative Society, the complainants have impleaded the concerned Credit Societies / Banks in the complaints presented to the District Consumer Forum and the District Consumer Forum has issued uniform direction against all those Cooperative Credit Societies / Banks as well as the Directors to refund the amount along with interest as well as damages. The petitioners have objected to the orders passed by the District Consumer Forum raising two prin