ORDER

1.The petitioner is a Bee Keeper’s Co-operative Society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983. The second respondent has preferred an application before the first respondent under Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishment (Conferment of Permanent Status)Act, 1981 and the same was allowed with a direction to the petitioner/Society to confer the permanent status of the second respondent with effect from 03.01.2013 in the cadre of Packer in the petitioner/Society. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner/Society has filed this writ petition.

2.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner/Society by referring to the decision of this Court in L.Justine and another Vs. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Chennai and others, which was confirmed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in A.Umarani Vs. Registrar of Cooperative Societies and Others reported in 2004 (7) SCC 112, submits that this issue has already been decided that the first respondent has no jurisdiction to entertain the petition under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishment (Conferment of Permanent Status)Act, 1981 in the matter related to Co-operative Societies. He fur