C OMMON O RDER

These writ petitions have been filed challenging the order passed by the 3rd respondent and thereby cancelling their appointment to their respective posts.

2. All the petitioners were appointed in various posts by General Manager, District Milk Producers Union Limited. All the writ petitioners were resigned out of Tirupur District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited and Namakkal District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited. All the petitioners appointed in various posts in both the District Co- operative Milk Producers Union Limited. They were appointed through direct recruitment and had joined in the respective services. The first respondent is a Head of the Diary Development Department, the Government department functioning at the administration control of Animal Husbandry, Dairying Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department in the secretariat and it is also exercising powers of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies as per the provisions of Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act and Rules in the capacity of the functional Registrar in respect of Milk Co- operative Societies in the State of TamilNadu as per Section 3 of Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies