JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Vinod Kumar Singh, learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Pankaj Srivastava along with Sri Shashank Bhasim, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State and Sri Rakesh Srivastava, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no.5 in leading Writ-C No.13574 of 2018.

2. All the petitions arise out of a common order, as such, the same are being decided by means of this common judgment.

3. For the sake of brevity, the facts as emerge from Writ-C No.13574 of 2018 are being recorded.

4. By means of the present writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged the judgment and order dated 21.03.2018 passed by the U.P. Co-operative Tribunal, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as "the Tribunal"), whereby the appeals preferred against the order dated 23.01.2017 have been allowed.

5. The facts in brief are that in the year 2013, a complaint was received alleging irregularities committed by the employees as well as the members of the Committee of Management of the U.P. Civil Secretariat Primary Co-operative Bank Limited, on which, initially a Committee was constituted under Section 66 of the U.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1965 (in short "the 1965 Act")