1. - This writ petition No. 1 12 of 1982 filed by Durga Dutt, son of Shri Gopi Ram, along with 14 writ petitions filed by different persons, details of which are given in Schedule-A, annexed with the judgment, are being disposed of by a common order, since common questions of law and facts are involved therein.

2. I am not required to deal in detail the facts of these cases because the learned counsel appearing for various petitioners submit that in these writ petitions they do not want to challenge the Rules made under the Rajasthan Co-operative Societies Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 1965') or bye-laws and would confine their arguments relating to the challenge to the validity of the Ordinance No. 14 of 1981 (Annexure 1), whereby section 34 of the Act of 1965, has been amended, i.e. after sub-section (7) of the said section, sub-section (7A) has been added which reads as under :

"No person shall be eligible for election as a member of a committee if he has continuously remained a member of the Committee of the same society for a period of six years or for two terms, whichever is less, unless a period of three years from the date of expiry or the said of