Arup Kumar Goswami, J.

1. I have heard Mr. S.S. Dey, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners in WP (C) No. 5293 of 2013 and WP (C) No. 5298 of 2013; Mr. S. Chakraborty, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners in WP (C) No. 5641 of 2014. I have also heard Mr. S.K. Sinha, learned counsel appearing for the private respondents in WP (C) No. 5293 of 2013 and WP (C) No. 5298 of 2013 and Md. Gias Uddin, learned counsel appearing for the private respondents in WP (C) No. 5641 of 2014 as well as Dr. B. Ahmed, learned Standing Counsel, Co-operation Department.

2. All the aforesaid three writ petitions fundamentally raise similar questions of law based on similar facts. As agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties, they were taken up together for consideration for disposal at the admission stage and they are now being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

3. Under Section 2(g) of the Assam Co-operative Societies Act, 2007, for short, Act of 2007, "Board" means the Governing body of a Co-operative Society to which the management of the affairs of the Co-operative Society is entrusted under the bye-laws and includes managing committee of a Co-operative So