ORDER :

The petitioners are the President and the Vice-President of the Perambur Cooperative Building Society Ltd. These writ petitions assail the proceedings of the 1st Respondent dated 01.06.2021 suspending the petitioners, in exercise of powers under Section 76-A of the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), for a period of 6 months pending an inquiry under Section 81 of the said Act.

2. The petitioners were elected as the President and Vice President, respectively, during the elections conducted in 2018 for a period of 5 years. The Joint Registrar (Inspection Cell) gave a report dated 20.05.2021to the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies (Housing), the 2nd Respondent herein, to the effect that an inspection was conducted in the Society and certain serious violations were identified during inspection. Consequently, a recommendation was made to conduct an inquiry under Section 81 of the Act. Acting on this report, an inquiry was ordered by the 2nd Respondent through proceedings dt. 24.05.2021 under Section 81 of the Act and a senior inspector was appointed as the inquiry officer. Pending the inquiry, the 2nd Respondent sent a proposa