Ashok Bhushan, C.J.

This Appeal has been filed by a Co-operative Bank and its President who were respondent Nos.5 and 4 to the Writ Petition filed by three petitioners, members of the Managing Committee of the Bank, challenging the proceedings initiated by the Bank for their expulsion from primary membership of the Bank. The learned Single Judge allowed the Writ Petition directing that the petitioners shall continue to be the members of the Bank.

2. The parties shall be referred to as described in the Writ Petition.

3. Brief facts of the case giving rise to this Writ Appeal are:

Writ Petitioners were elected as members of the Managing Committee of the Bank (Directors of Board of Management of the Bank) on 05.09.2012. Petitioners 1 to 3 and other members of the Managing Committee sent a complaint dated 15.07.2013 to the Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Thrissur making allegations against the Secretary of the Bank. Again a complaint dated 07.09.2013 was submitted by the petitioners complaining against the President and Secretary who according to petitioners were not permitting them to sign the attendance register. The Joint Registrar issued an order dated 21.04.2014