JUDGMENT :

1. By the present Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioners have impugned Order dated 14th October 2021 passed by the Hon’ble Minister of Respondent No.5 in Revision Application No. 261 of 2021, rejecting the said Revision preferred by the Petitioners and confirming the Order dated 12th November 2020 passed by the Respondent No.1 under Section 78A(1) of The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (for short, ‘M.C.S. Act’) thereby superseding Committee of Petitioner No.15 Co-operative Spinning Mill and appointing Respondent No.3 as ‘Administrator’ on Petitioner No.15.

2. Heard Mr. S.S. Shah, learned counsel for the Petitioners, Mr. S.H. Kankal, learned A.G.P. for Respondent Nos.1, 2, 4 & 5 (State) and Mr. Vijay Patil, learned counsel for Respondent Nos.6 to 16. Perused record.

3. Record discloses that, on the basis of a complaint dated 25th January 2020 addressed by the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Hatkanangale Legislative Constituency to the Hon’ble Minister of Respondent No.5, the Respondent No.1 issued a notice dated 13th March 2020 under Section 78A of the M.C.S. Act to the Chairman/Deputy Chairman/Directors of Petitio