J U D G M E N T

Antony Dominic, J.

All these appeals are filed by Sri.K.A.Abdul Rahman, a member of the Cheranelloor Service Co-operative Bank, challenging the common judgment rendered by the learned single Judge in WP(C)

Nos.9156, 26410, 27765 & 27493/14.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that, on 23/3/14, the Board of Directors of the Cheranelloor Service Co-operative Bank Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as the Bank for short), convened a special general body meeting of the members of the Bank. In that meeting, the appellant was also present. A resolution was passed in the meeting to amend the bye-laws vide resolution No.4933(5), which, according to the Bank, was to comply with the statutory requirements of Section 28A of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act for short). The minutes of the meeting is produced as Ext.P3 in WP(C) No.9156/14, against which WA No.1808/14 is filed.

3. After the resolution was passed, appellant along with another, styling themselves as “Cheranelloor Sahakarana Janathipathya Samrakshana Samithi”, filed Ext.P2 before the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Ernakulam purportedly under Rule 176 of the Kerala