1. The petitioner in this case is a member of the Nadakkal Service Co-operative Society Ltd. The said Society is affiliated to the Quilon District Co-operative Bank Ltd. The Bye-laws of the District Co-operative Bank Ltd., is marked in this case as Ext. P1. Bye-law No. 21 is concerned with the management of the Bank by the Board of Directors and Bye-law No. 27 with the constitution of the Board of Directors. There are 11 members in the Board of Director. The Kerala State Co-operative Bank is to nominate 3 members and the remaining 8 members have to be elected by a meeting of the General Body and at such meeting one Director representing the primary societies in each taluk is to be elected. Ext. P2 is a copy of the rules for election to the Board of Directors of the Quilon District Co-operative Bank Ltd. The General Body of the members consisting of the affiliated Co-operative institutions and the individual shareholders would form a single constituency and it shall elect the required number of Directors to the Board of Directors of the Bank. The petitioner filed his nomination paper as a candidate for election to the Board of Directors representing the primary societies