( 1 ) SPECIAL Civil Application No. 4559 of 11984 is filed by the Deputy Manager (Administration) and Special Civil Application No. 4560 of 1984 is filed by the Deputy Manager (Marketing ). They came to be appointed by. separate orders by Gujarat State Co-operative Cotton Federation Limited respondent no. 1 Their services came to be terminated because according to respondent no. 1 as a measure of economy they wanted to abolish posts of Deputy Managers from that Organisation. Now Gujarat State Co-operative Cotton Federation Limited is an Apex body of co-operative societies and the first question which is required to be decided is whether respondent no. 1 is a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. Now sd far as Article 12 of the Constitution of India is concerned. it reads as under:-"12 Definition. In this Part unless the context otherwise requires the State includes the Government and Parliament of India and the Government and the Legislature of each of the States and all local or other authorities within the territory of India or under the control of the Government of India".

( 2 ) NOW an effort is made to show that respondent no. 1 wo