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The petitioner, a Co-operative Society, is aggrieved by an order issued by the Co-operative Arbitration Court directing the petitioner to pay ineligible amount as subsistence allowance to the additional respondents 4 and 5.

2. The petitioner states that the 1^st respondent was working as Secretary of the Society. He was suspended from service on 25.11.2017 for misappropriation of funds. The 1^st respondent was dismissed from service on 17.08.2018. The 1^st respondent's appeal before the Managing Committee was rejected. The 1^st respondent hence filed ARC No.14/2019 before the Co-operative Arbitration Court seeking reinstatement.

3. In the said ARC No.14/2019, the 1^st respondent filed Ext.P2 IA No.57/2019 seeking payment of ₹4,16,606/- towards arrears of subsistence allowance. A revised statement was also filed by the 1^st respondent as per Ext.P3. The petitioner-Society filed Ext.P4 objection and Ext.P5 additional objection. The Arbitration Court passed Ext.P6 order dated 20.09.2022 directing the petitioner to pay ₹4,87,272/- as balance subsistence allowance along with 7%

interest within two months.

4. Aggrieved by Ext.P6 order, the petitioner filed Ext.P7