1.In the above writ petitions and series of other Writ Petitions, the Co - operative Banks and Societies have challenged S.57 (2a) and S.29 - G (6) of the Co - operative Societies Act on the ground that the same were arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional.

2. When the matter was resting at that, there arose a controversy before me when the Counsel for the petitioner on record Sri K. M. Nataraj had orally sought for permission to engage the services of another Advocate, Sri A. G. Holla (as he then was) to argue the matter on his behalf. Such a situation in fact arose before me time and again in some other matters too and as I was of the considered view that such a permission were to be granted only in the event a case is made out within the meaning of R.3 of Karnataka High Court Rules, 1959 (henceforth referred to as the High Court Rules) and further that in the absence of that, an Advocate not on record would be acting as a Senior Advocate designated by this Court in exercise of the powers conferred on it under S.16 (2) of the Advocates Act, 1961.

3. This is how a sub-issue had cropped up before me in the above writ petitions. I do understand the stand I have taken might have emba