( 1 ) BOTH the petitions, Special Civil Application No. 10110 of 2006 and Special Civil Application No. 25997 of 2006, arise out of common issue, viz. ,whether the petitioner (who is also common in both the petitions) can be held to be liable under the provisions of Section 93 of the Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act, 1961. As the facts in both the petitions overlap and are common, the learned Advocates appearing for the respective parties have addressed the Court in relation to both the petitions simultaneously and the petitions are therefore heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. The third petition, Special Civil Application No. 1039 of 2007, is consequential to the earlier two petitions, as accepted by the learned Counsel.

( 2 ) IT is the say of the petitioner that : "the petitioner is a social worker and leader in the cooperative sector since three decades. The petitioner is director in respondent no. 5 Union as well as director in respondent no. 7 Federation. The petitioner also is Chairman in respondent no. 6 Union. " In Special Civil Application No. 10110 of 2006 order dated 21. 3. 2006 made by the Gujarat State Cooperative Tribunal (the Tribunal)

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