1. These six Writ Appeals have been filed against the common judgment dated 13/10/2015 delivered in a bunch of Writ Petitions. Writ Petition No. 4949 of 2015 was treated as the leading Writ Petition by the learned Single Judge for referring the facts and pleadings. Writ Appeal No. 2441 of 2015 arising out of Writ Petition No. 4949 of 2015 is being treated as the leading Writ Appeal and it shall be sufficient to refer to the facts and pleadings in WA No. 2441 of 2015 for deciding all these Writ Appeals. The parties shall be referred to as described in Writ Petition No. 4949 of 2015.

2. Writ Petition No. 4949 of 2015 giving rise to Writ Appeal No. 2441 of 2015 was filed by five Writ Petitioners who were all Primary Agricultural Credit Banks. The first petitioner, Perumanna Service Co - operative Bank was registered on 24/02/1966 which is a Class I Special Credit Bank under the Madras Co - operative Societies Act, 1932 which was enforced in Malabar area. Second petitioner, Olavanna Service Co - operative Bank was registered on 26/03/1918 having its area of operation in five Wards of Olavanna Grama Panchayat. The third petitioner, Nanminda Co - operative Rural Bank Ltd., was registered