1. The petitioner has come up with this writ petition seeking to quash the decision of the Kerala Co-operative Tribunal evidenced by Ext. P3, whereby the Tribunal has dismissed an appeal which the petitioner had preferred before it. By that appeal the petitioner had challenged an order passed by the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Trichur on 3 101970 (Ext. P2) appointing an administrator to be in charge of the affairs of the Punnayurkulam Service Co-operative Society under S.33 of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The petitioner was the President of the said Co-operative Society and he has a claim that he still continues to occupy the said office. The order Ext. P2 was passed by the Deputy Registrar on the ground that the term of office of the Committee of the

Society which was originally due to expire on 30 61970 bad been extended only till 30 9-1970 by virtue of an order passed by him and that even though the extended period had also come to a close on 30 91970 the Society had not made any arrangements for conducting elections to the Board of Directors and that hence it had become necessary to take urgent act