N.D.V. Bhat, President - In all these appeals, similar questions of law and facts are involved, with the result, they are taken up together-for disposal by this common judgment.

2. A few facts need to be stated for the disposal of these appeals:

The Vyalikaval House Building Cooperative Society Limited(hereinafter referred to as ‘The Society’ for short) situated at Malleswaram, Bangalore is registered under the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959(for short ‘K.C.S. Act’). The Complainants who are arrayed as parties in the aforesaid appeals are among the members of the said society. The said society thought in terms of acquiring lands for the purpose of providing house sites to its members. The Complainants who were the members of the society applied for sites and deposited certain amounts towards the cost of the sites. It appears that the society, for the reason or the other was not in a position to allot the sites to the complainants. The complainants obviously got frustrated. They wanted to take back atleast the amount which they had deposited with the society. The society, however did not respond to the request of the different complainants. Under the circumstances, th