Dispute here relates to the validity of the constitution of the Committee of Management of an Intermediate College, known as Nanigram Uchchatar Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Dulhara, district Agra (herein after referred to as the College ). Both the groups who are represented by the appellants and the respondent No. 1, claimed to have held election of the Management Committee of the College on 19-7- 1992, information about which was given by them separately to the District Inspector of Schools (hereinafter referred to as the D. I. O. S. ). The D. I. O. S. vide order dated 27-6-1994 recognis ed the Committee of Management of which Sri Vireodra Singh was the Manager and accordingly attested his signature as the Manager of the College. On 7/15-7-1994 the D. I. O. S. passed two more orders. One of the orders was for single operation of the account of the college by him under Section 5 (1) (d) of the U. P. High School and Intermediate College (Payment of Salary to the Teachers and other Employees) Act, 1971. By the second order, the D. I. O. S. referred the dispute about the management of the college under Section 16-A (7) of the U. P. Intermediate Education Act (hereinafter ref