S. N. Jha, J.

1. Natural justice is once again the central theme of debate in these writ petitions. Issues are whether sub-section (2) of section 66b of the Bihar Co-operative Societies Act, by necessary implication, excludes the application of the rules of natural justice ; and even if it does, whether the procedure adopted for cancelling the appointments of the petitioners without any enquiry determining the legality or nullity of their appointments can be said to be fair. Incidentally, in order to escape its rigour, if I may say so, vires of the provision has also been challenged. The writ petitions arising out of the cancellation of appointments, as they are, attempt has also been made to show that not only their appointments do not suffer from any infirmity but also that the grounds of cancellation are irrelevant, improper and arbitrary. This being the broad spectrum of the controversy, the details of the submissions will be noticed at the appropriate place in the judgment.

2. The venue of the dispute in the Bihar State Scheduled Castes Cooperative Development Corporation Limited (in short the Corporation)about which there is no dispute at the Bar that it is an instrum