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 chal