The Order of the Court was as follows :

W.P. Nos. 13836, 13837, 13843 and 13844 of 1998 are filed by the respective Co-operative Society represented by the President seeking to quash the notice issued by the Enquiry Officer under Section 81(2)(1) of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act. The Notice is dated 31-8-1998.

2. Even before the notice was issued, an order of supersession was passed against those Societies as per Order dated 13-6-1998 and confirmed in Appeal dated 20-10-1998. Orders of supersession are challenged in W.P. Nos. 16880 to 16883 of 1998.

3. I will first take into consideration the question whether the order of supersession is valid, for which I need narrate the facts in W.P. No. 16880 of 1998 since the facts are similar in all cases. That Writ Petition was filed by the members of the Board and the Society.

4. Petitioners therein assumed Office on 30-10-1996. A show cause notice was issued on 10-4-1998 under Section 88(1)(a) of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, asking them to explain why the Board shall not be superseded. In that proceeding, reference was made to an Inspection Report dated 23-3-1998 and it was further stated that it was in co