( 1 ) JOINT Registrar, respondents No. 1 and 4.

( 2 ) IN this group of petitions, petitioners have challenged order passed by respondent no. 1 dated 28th February, 2003/ 3rd March, 2003 and retrenchment notices issued by respondent No. 2 dated 22nd march, 2003. According to petitioners, order passed by Registrar, Cooperative Societies is having effect of terminating services of 161 employees including petitioners. Same challenge is made by petitioners in this group of petitions pursuant to notice of retrenchment received by them from respondent No. 2 on the basis of the order of Registrar, Cooperative Societies dated 28th february, 2003 23rd March, 2003.

( 3 ) ACCORDING to the petitioners,as a consequence of the order of Registrar, cooperative Societies, respondent No. 2 has already issued retrenchment notice dated 22nd March, 2003 having effect of termination of their services.

( 4 ) ACCORDING to petitioners, respondent No. 2 is a cooperative society duly registered under the provisions of the gujarat Cooperative Housing Societies Act, 1961. Respondent No. 2 society is an autonomous body having right of self governance and is supposed to function in accordance with