JUDGMENT :

Both the writ petitions are taken up for disposal by this common judgment and order.

2. From a perusal of the materials on record, it reveals that the petitioners’ Association is a Society registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The petitioners’ Association has its own set of byelaws. It is also an admitted fact that the petitioners’ Association is affiliated to a Society in the name and style of All India Other Backward Classes Railway Employees Federation. The said All India Other Backward Classes Railway Employees Federation which is also a Society registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 has its own set of byelaws. It is also an admitted fact that the All India Other Backward Classes Railway Employees Federation is recognized by the Railways Administration and on the basis of such recognition, the affiliated units of All India Other Backward Classes Railway Employees Federation are also granted recognition and benefits.

3. The petitioner No.1 herein which is an affiliated unit of the All India Other Backward Classes Railway Employees Federation have filed the instant writ petition being aggrieved by the com