( 1 ) THE petitioners by this Special Civil Application under Art. 226 of the Constitution are challenging the legality, validity and propriety of the action of the respondent No. 2 of refusing to take action under Sec. 145-F of the Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 against the respondent No. 5.

( 2 ) THE petitioners are the agriculturists having their agricultural lands at village of their native places disclosed in the cause title of the petition. The petitioners are the members of the respondent No. 4-Co-operative Society. The election of the Board of Directors of the respondent No. 4-Society was held recently and result thereof was declared in December, 1998. On 6/01/1999 after election of the new Board of Directors, meeting of the newly constituted Board of Directors was held. The petitioners first time learnt by an advertisement in the Gujarat Samachar in its daily edition of 7-1-1999 that the respondent No. 5 functions as the Manager of the Milk Society. The respondent No. 5 is the member of the board of Directors of the respondent No. 4-Society. On 17/01/1999, the petitioners raised the objection that the respondent No. 5 is functioning as the Manage