1. The petitioner was appointed as clerk in the society in question on 191962. The Board of Directors of the Society, herein-after referred to as the Board, passed a resolution on 26 51967 to terminate the services of the petitioner. The Secretary of the society issued Ext. P2 notice on 5 61967 on the basis of the resolution of 26 51967, stating that the petitioner will cease to be an employee of the society after one

month of the receipt of the notice.

2. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the services of the petitioner were not terminated in accordance with the provisions of the byelaws of the society regulating the conditions of service of its employees, that the bye-laws have got the force of law, and therefore, the termination in violation of the bye-laws raises a justiciable controversy.

3. The society has framed the bye-laws under R.4 of the Travancore-Cochin Co-operative Societies Rules framed by the government in pursuance of S.96 (2) (d) of the Act reads:

"In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may,

(d) prescribe the matters in respect of which a society may or shall make bye-laws and for the procedure to