Both these writ petitions are filed by the 2nd defendant in O.S.No.163 of 2007 on the file of the Principal Munsiff Court, Kannur. The 2nd defendant was the erstwhile Secretary of the Kannur Branch of the Indian Medical Association. The common respondents 1 to 3 in both the writ petitions are defendants 3 and 4 and plaintiff respectively. The 4th respondent is the parent body of the 1st defendant, who is not a party to the suit. The 1st and 2nd respondents got themselves impleaded in the suit as additional 3rd and 4th defendants. For the sake of convenience, the parties are hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff and defendants as ranked in the suit except in the case of the 4th respondent, who is not a party to the suit, and, hence, referred hereinafter as the 4th respondent as such.

2. The above suit O.S.No.163 of 2007 was laid before the court below alleging that election to the Kannur Branch of the Indian Medical Association, manned by the 2nd defendant as Secretary, was overdue for the last few years, and so much so, the 2nd defendant should be directed to declare the election for the Association in the year 2007-08. With the 1st and 2nd defendants in the suit remai