Judgment :

Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, J.

1. Delay condoned. Leave granted.

2. In all the above appeals and the connected contempt petitions, the issue concerns with the members of a cooperative society called ‘The Voltas Employees Cooperative House Building & Construction Society Ltd. No.TAB 508’. It is a classic case where the members of the above referred to society got themselves entangled in a series of litigations and to add to this, some orders were passed by the officials of the Department of Cooperative Society of Andhra Pradesh, which has created pandemonium by virtue of the divergent orders passed at different points of time and, therefore, requires the consideration of this Court to pass appropriate orders and put an end to this complicated litigation once and for all. The entire dispute amongst the members of the society pertains to a piece of land, which was purchased by the society in pursuance of its object of getting some benefit for its members for providing housing accommodation. Before delving deep into the controversy, raised in this litigation, it is necessary to set out the different Special Leave Petitions filed before us, wherein orders have been challenged by different Appellants which ultimately, as pointed out by us, pertains to the issue relating to the land purchased by the society for providing housing accommodation.

3. Civil Appeal (arising out of SLP(C) No.4679 of 2010) has been filed challenging the Division Bench order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 15-9-2009, passed in Writ Appeal No.144 of 2007 by which the High Court dismissed the Writ Appeal filed by the Appellant herein which is the very society, namely, the Voltas Employees Cooperative House Building Society (hereinafter referred to ‘the society’). Civil Appeal (arising out of SLP(C) No.3105 of 2010) has been filed by three individuals, namely, Shri M. Balaji, Bilquees Sultana and Konda Sureka, who were the Appellants in Writ Appeal No.809 of 2007 before the Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and whose writ appeal was also dismissed by the High Court in its common judgment dated 15-9-2009, along with Writ Appeal No.144 of 2007.

4. SLP (CC) No.10023 of 2011 has been preferred by four individuals, namely, Nerella Venkateswarlu, S Jagadish, Pasupula Anjaneyulu and Shanigarapu Ramesh seeking leave of this Court to file an appeal against the final judgment and order dated 15-9-2009 in Writ Appeal No.144 of 2007, as well as Writ Appeal (MP) No.2325 of 2009 in the said writ appeal. The Division Bench while dismissing the Writ Appeal No.144 of 2007, by its common order, also dismissed the above Miscellaneous Petition No.2325 of 2009 by which the Petitioners wanted to get themselves impleaded as parties in the Writ appeal.

5. Civil Appeal (@ SLP(C) No.692 of 2010) has been filed by five persons, namely, Md. Moinuddin, A Narasimha, Md. I. Shareef, Khalander Hussain and R. Shankar, seeking to challenge the common judgment dated 15-9-2009 of the Division Bench of High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Writ Appeal No.798 of 2007, along with Writ Appeal Nos.144 of 2007 and 809 of 2007.

6. To narrate the facts in brief, the Voltas Employees Cooperative House Building & Construction Society Ltd. was registered on 29-10-1982 under the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act 7 of 1964. Its address was 4-161, Madhavi Nagar, Firozguda, Hyderabad. Its operations were confined to the municipal limits of Hyderabad. The object of the society is to carry on activities for the benefits of its members in the field of building including buying, selling, hiring, letting and developing land in accordance with the cooperative principles and also to give loans to its members for construction of dwelling houses. Under Bye-Law No.4, the share capital of the society was to be made up of 5000 shares of Rs.100 each. Bye-Law No.5 prescribes the eligibility of a member. Bye-Law No.6 deals with the procedure as to how an eligible employee of Voltas can be