JUDGMENT :

(AMIT RAWAL, J.)

The present Intra-Court appeal at the behest of the Joint Registrar, Co-operative Society and others is directed against the judgment of the Single Bench dated 19.12.2023 in WPC No.14402/2022, wherein the order dated 25.03.2022 under Section 68(1) of the Co-operative Societies Act passed by the Joint Registrar, Co-operative Society, Thiruvananthapuram, and notice dated 25.03.2022, Ext.P10 have been quashed by holding that it is not in compliance with the provisions of Section 68(1) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act and direction has been issued to fix the liability individually.

2. Before the arguments in the aforementioned appeal could be commenced, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the writ petitioners, who were the ex-members of the committee in respect of the period 01.04.2013 to 31.03.2018, during which the alleged misappropriations and illegalities regarding the appointment and disbursal of loans with lessor interest have occurred, raised the objection qua maintainability of the appeal, in view of the order dated 18.01.2024 passed in WA No.95/2024 filed by the Arayoor Service Co-operative Bank against the same very judgment., which was