These two Original Petitions relate to election to the Board of Directors of Idukki District Co-operative Bank Ltd., (for short 'the bank'). The Bank is a central society having its members enlisted only from other co-operative societies functioning within the territorial limits of revenue district of Idukki. Each of the member societies elects a delegate to the central society. Such delegates constitute the general body of the Bank. The erstwhile Board of Directors of the Bank was removed and an administrator was appointed on 21-6-1989, as per S.33 of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (for short'the Act'). When the administrator has initiated steps to hold elections for a new Board of Directors, petitioners apprehended that such elections would be so manipulated by the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Idukki at the behest of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as to send only persons who are partisans to that political party as delegates to the central society. Misalleged that 37 co-operative societies which are member societies of the Bank were brought under the control of administrators appointed by the joint Registrar after removing or superse