( 1 ) THE petitioner was the President of the Tahsil Weaver's Co-operative Society, narsinghpur. On 10th September, 1962 the Assistant Registrar, Co-operative societies issued a notice under Section 63 (1) of the Madhya Pra-desh Co-operative societies Act, 1960 calling upon the petitioner to show cause why an amount of rs. 4,493-37 paise be not recovered from him. After the petitioner submitted his reply to the show cause notice, the Assistant Registrar by his order dated 15th june, 1964 held him liable to the extent of Rs. 1,597-01 paisa and ordered him to pay the same. The petitioner then went up on appeal to the Board of Revenue, which was dismissed as barred by limitation. The petitioner by this petition under articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution seeks a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the order of surcharge made by the Assistant Registrar against him.

( 2 ) IN the final order, by which the Registrar held the petitioner liable, the findings are that though the loss to the Society was caused by the acts of misappropriation and misconduct committed by the employees of the Society, the petitioner was liable for his negligence in not exercising proper superv