( 1 ) PETITIONER, who an employee of Hindustan Commercial bank, retired in 1978 form sevice on attaining the age of 60 years. Thereafter he was as Secretary of Bank Karamchari Co-operative Credit society, Birhana Road. Kanpur on fixed honorarium of Rs 500 per month. By order 20-12-1983 he was suspended on account of certain charges of misconduct. Being aggrieved by it he filed this writ petition in 1990.

( 2 ) LEAREND counsel for the respondent No. 3 has a preliminary objection to the effect that this writ petition is not maintainable, because of the fact that the Co-operative Society of which the petitioner was the secretary was not a statutory authority and there was no statutory rules and reputations governing his condition of service. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stater) that the petitioners society is a central and, therefore, the conditions of service are governed by statutory regulation. This contention of the learned counsel is devoid of merit.

( 3 ) central Society has been defined by Section 2 (d-1) of the U. P. Co-operative Societes Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), according to which Central Society or Central Co-operative society mean