JUDGMENT

The issue involved in both these writ petitions are intrinsically connected and hence they are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The petitioners in W.P.(C)No.21721 of 2020 are members of the 3rd respondent Society. The 3rd respondent Society has preferred W.P.(C)No.16452 of 2021. Parties are referred to in accordance with their status in W.P.(C)No.21721 of 2020. The 3rd respondent Society is engaged in Dairy Development and was registered in the year 1991. The area of operation of the Society is Ward Nos.6 to 9 of Puthussery Panchayat in Palakkad District. The petitioners submit that the Society is running on profit for the last more than six years and that there are more than 400 milk producers. According to the petitioners, the President of the Society took advantage of the successful functioning of the Society and involved in committing acts of misappropriation and diversion of funds, regarding which several complaints have been preferred. Protesting the above said acts, six members of the Managing Committee resigned, which resulted in the appointment of an Administrative Committee for a period of six months. Based on orders issued by this Court in W.P. (C)No.