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PARESH UPADHYAY, R. VIJAYAKUMAR
N. Kannan – Appellant
Versus
Yadhavar Kalvi Nidhi, A Registered Society Running Yadhava College & Yadhava College of Education, Represented by the Hon'ble Court appointed Administrator, Madurai – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer in WA(MD).No.29 of 2022: Writ Appeal filed under clause 15 of the Letters Patent, to set aside the order dated 22.12.2021 passed in W.M.P(MD).No.18282 of 2021 in W.P(MD).No.21216 of 2019 and allow this Writ Appeal.
WA(MD).No.30 of 2022: Writ Appeal filed under clause 15 of the Letters Patent, to set aside the order dated 22.12.2021 passed in W.M.P(MD).No.18286 of 2021 in W.P(MD).No.21218 of 2019 and allow this Writ Appeal.)
Common Judgment
R. Vijayakumar, J.
1. The present Writ Appeals in WA(MD).Nos.29 and 30 of 2022 arise out of interim orders passed in W.M.P(MD).Nos.18282 and 18286 of 2021 in W.P(MD).Nos.21216 and 21218 of 2019 respectively.
2. In W.A(MD).No.29 of 2022, the fifth respondent in the writ petition is the appellant. In W.A(MD).No.30 of 2022, the sixth respondent in the writ petition is the appellant.
2.(i). Factual background:
Yadhavar Kalvi Nidhi was registered as a society in the year 1962 under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1860. The said Society started Yadhava College in the year 1969. Later, the Society was deemed to be registered under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. The said Society is the Educational Agency of Yadhava C
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