( 1 ) BY this application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution the petitioner kamta Prasacl seeks a writ of certiorari for quashing an order passed by the registrar, Co-operative Societies, on 31st May 1966 expelling him from 14 Cooperative societies registered under the Madhya Pradesh Cooperative Societies act, 1960. , An appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order of the registrar was rejected by the State Government and a writ of certiorari has been sought for quashing also this order of the Government.

( 2 ) THE material facts are that till the passing of the impugned order the applicant was a member of 14 Co-operative Societies. He was a primary member of some of the Cooperative Societies and also President or Chairman of some of them. In other Co-operative Societies, he was a member of the managing committee. Of the Co-operative Societies in which the petitioner was a member, some are banking Co-operative Societies and others are marketing Co-operative Societies. The Bhopal Printers and Publishers Co-operative Press Ltd. , Bhopal, of which the petitioner was the President, used to publish a Hindi weekly "kisan Rajya". In the issues of the paper