JUDGMENT :

Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai, J.

1. The above mentioned two writ petitions were connected by order of this Court, therefore, were heard together and are being decided by a common judgment.

2. The petitioners in Writ – C No. 30624 of 2023 shall be referred as ‘petitioners’ in the present judgment and the petitioners in Writ – C No. 23066 of 2023 shall be referred as ‘respondents’ in the present judgment.

3. The facts of the case are that Jairajpur Muslim Educational Society, Jairajpur, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Society’) is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Act, 1860’) and the registration of the Society stands renewed for a period of five years w.e.f. 12.10.2020. The Society manages an Institution in the name of Nishwa Inter College, Jairajpur, Azamgarh which is a recognized Institution under the Uttar Pradesh Intermediate Education Act, 1921 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Act, 1921’) and receives grant-in-aid upto Junior High School.

4. The admitted elections of the governing body and the office-bearers of the Society were held on 23.10.2019 in which one Abdul Haqim was elected as Secretary/Man