JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent, against the common order dated 21.09.2010 in W.P(MD)No.11417 of 2010.)

R. Subramanian, J.

1. Challenge in this appeal is to the order of the Writ Court made in W.P(MD)No.11417 of 2010 dated 21.09.2010, wherein, the Writ Court dismissed several writ petitions filed by the employees of various Cooperative Societies on the ground that a writ petition against a Cooperative Society is not maintainable.

2. The facts that led to the filing of the writ petition are as follows:-

The appellant was appointed as a Junior Assistant in the services of the respondent Co-operative Society on 30.01.1995. He was placed under suspension on 03.07.1998 for actively aiding the Assistant Manager to fabricate a demand draft in the name of his close relative. A charge memo was issued to the appellant and after a domestic enquiry, he was terminated from service by order dated 20.03.1999. An appeal was preferred by the appellant before the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Sivagangai District. The said appeal came to be dismissed on 04.11.2003. There were no further proceedings challenging the order of termination. In the meantime, a p