Ashok Bhushan, J.

This writ appeal has been filed against judgment dated 26th October 2015 in WP(C) No.26684/2013, by which judgment the writ petition filed by the 1st respondent to this appeal has been allowed. The appellants, who were respondents 1 and 2 in the writ petition, have come up in the writ appeal challenging the said judgment. Parties shall be referred to as described in the writ petition.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The writ petitioner was a member of the Mattancherry Mahajanik Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, a Co-operative Society registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act. The Committee of the Society took a decision to fill up the post of General Manager by direct recruitment and Ext.P1 notification was published in Mathrubhumi Daily on 30/9/2012. Petitioner's case in the writ petition is that as per Rule 185 of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Rules, the posts in societies have to be filled up by promotion from the feeder categories on the basis of seniority. It was further stated that society is not in good financial