Dipak Misra, J.

1. The petitioner, the Director of Zilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit Board of Directors, Hoshangabad having been elected as such from Harda Vikas Khand and is a representative of the Sewa Sahakari Samiti Maryadit, Nimgaon. The respondent No. 4, namely, District Co-operative Central Bank Limited, is registered under section 9 of the Madhya Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). The aforesaid Act was enacted with an object to organise and develope cooperatives as democratic instruments and people's institutions based on self help and mutual aid and for curbing exploitation and ensuring socioeconomic development of people with particular emphasis on weaker sections of the society. According to the writ petitioner, the Registrar is executive head of the Co-operative movement and the respondent No. 5 is the Chairman of the Bank. Under section 53-B of the Act, the Registrar is empowered to remove an officer of a society in certain circumstances under section 58 of the Act, the Registrar can cause audit, enquiry, inspection and supervision over the Societies/Co-operative Societies. Section 56 of the Act empowers the Registr