JUDGMENT

P. K. TRIPATHY, J. : Petitioners are Plaintiffs in (C.T.) E.D.No. 13 of 2007 pending before the Orissa State Co-operative Tribunal, Bhubaneswar and Annexure-4 is a copy of that election petition. Plaintiffs filed that election dispute impleading Opposite Parties 3 and 4 of this writ petition as Defendant Nos. 1 and 2 in the election petition. D.R.C.S., Balasore and A.R.C.S., Bhadrak have been added as Defendant Nos. 3 and 4. In addition to that Defendant Nos. 5 to 18 in that case are the members who are allegedly illegally elected to the Board of Directors of Padhanpada Seva Samavaya Samiti Ltd., at Nilakarai in the district of Bhadrak. None of the aforesaid Defendant Nos. 3 to 18 have been impleaded as opposite parties in this writ petition. Amongst them, Defendant Nos. 6, 8 and 10 to 18 have filed applications as intervenors and they have been permitted to participate in the proceeding.

2. There is no dispute between the parties that presently no Presiding Officer is posted as Member of the Co-operative Tribunal and a transfer or retirement vacancy exists there.

3. In the election dispute inter alia the plaintiffs stated about various irregularities in preparation of the