PATHAK, J. :- The petitioner Sultan Singh, applies under Article 226 of the Constitution for an order directing the Assistant Registrar, Incharge, Jhansi Division, not to enforce the bye laws framed by him in respect of the Jhansi District Co-operative Bank Limited, and also prays that the bye-laws be quashed.

2. The Jhansi District Co-operative Bank Ltd., (which for convenience we may refer to as "the Bank") is a co-operative society registered in 1932 under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912, and constituted, it is said, with the sole purpose of providing banking facilities to its members. Under the bye-laws, as amended from time to time, the Board of Directors of the Bank included a Director elected by the share-holders. The petitioner acquired a block of shares in the Bank in 1961 and became a share-holder. In 1962, he was elected by the share-holders as Director, which office he continued to hold by virtue of successive elections. The petitioner alleges that in 1969 his name was taken off the roll of the ordinary members of the Bank, and he has been denied the right to participate in the affairs of the Bank. The question is whether the petitioner is entitled to any r