AR. LAKSHMANAN, J.

The above writ appeals are directed against the common order of T. Somasundaram J., dated July 30, 1991, in W.P. Nos. 667 and 769 of 1989, dismissing both the writ petitions filed by the appellants holding that Circular No. 32 of 1975, dated November 1, 1975, issued by the first respondent is not a statutory circular, that it is only an administrative instruction given at department level and that the appellants, who are third parties, cannot seek to enforce the same.

The appellants are members of the third respondent club, which is a company registered under the provisions of the Indian Companies Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The secretary of the third respondent on January 3, 1989, issued a notice to the appellants stating that the appellants in their letter to the members had commented about the functioning of the committee of the third respondent, that the same was not conclusive to the interest of the third respondent and that therefore, the appellant should show cause why appropriate action as the committee of the third respondent thinks fit should not be taken against them for such prejudicial conduct. Both the sent replies to the sho