Dama Seshadri Naidu, J.

The Parties:

1. The State and its officials are the appellants. Respondents 1 to 6 were the office bearers of Indian Red Cross Society, Kerala State Branch (“the office bearers”). The seventh and eighth respondents are Union of India and Indian Red Cross Society (“the Society”) respectively. The ninth respondent claims himself to be the whistle blower (“the Complainant”), though he too was an office bearer of the Red Cross Society.

Procedural History:

2. Initially, the office bearers filed WP (C) No. 24122 of 2016 against the State, its officials, and the Red Cross, questioning the Ext.P1 order of super-session passed by the Government, here, the first appellant. A learned Single Judge of this Court, through judgment, dated 25.08.2016, allowed the writ petition-quashed the order of super-session. Assailing that judgment, the State and its officials have filed this appeal.

Appellation - A Limitation:

3. Before proceeding further, we serve a caveat on ourselves: Two exalted constitutional functionaries of the federal Government-the President of India and the Governor of the State of Kerala-are the principal administrators of the Red Cross Society: one at t