JUDGMENT

(Prayer : Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of Certiorari calling for the records of the 1st respondent impugned order dated 05.05.2023 made in Na.Ka.No.2181/2023/Pa.2 issued as against the petitioner and quash the same.)

1. This Writ Petition is filed challenging the order dated 05.05.2023, passed by the 1st respondent, suspending the petitioner from the post of President of the Alanthur Primary Cooperative Society.

2. The impugned order was passed by the 1st respondent under Section 76-A of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 (in short 'the Act'). The said provision reads as follows:

"76-A. Suspension of President or Vice President of a registered society under certain circumstances.-

(1) Where it is brought to the notice of the Registrar, on a complaint or otherwise, that the President or the Vice President of a registered society has committed or has been otherwise responsible for misappropriation or breach of trust or gross mismanagement of the affairs of the registered society or committed any offence involving criminal misconduct or moral turpitude and if, in the opinion of th