In The High Court Of Judicature At Madras

Dated: 24/10/2002

Coram

The Honourable Mr. B. Subhashan Reddy, Chief Justice
and
The Honourable Mr. Justice V. Kanagaraj

W.A. No.2501 of 2001
and W.A.Nos. 2502 of 2001 and batch *

L. Justine                     ...     Appellant in W.A.
                                        No.2501 of 2001

V. Haridass                     ...     Appellant in W.A.
                                        No.2502 of 2001

-Vs-

1.     The Registrar of Cooperative Societies,
        Chennai - 600 010.

2.      The Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies,
        Cuddalore.

3.      Vriddachalam Primary Co-operative
        Agricultural & Rural Development Bank
        Ltd., Vridhachalam, rep. by its
        Special Officer,
        156, Cuddalore Road,
        Vriddachalam                            ...     Respondents in
                                                        both appeals.

        Appeals against Orders of the learned single Judge dated 19.9.2001 and
14.9.2001  respectively  in  W.P.Nos.17122  of  2001   and   16838   of   2001
respectively.


!For Appellants in W.A.  No.2415 of     :       Mr.  K.  Chandru, S.C.
2001 etc.                                       for M/s.Balan Haridass

For Appellants in W.A.  Nos.2501 &      :       Mr.  Ar.  L.  Sundaresan
2502 of 2001 & petitioners in W.P.
Nos.19361 & 19362 of 2001 etc.

For Appellants in W.A.  No.2035 of      :       Mr.  Jaichandran
2001 etc.

For Appellants in W.A.  Nos.3014 to     :       Ms.  K.  Suguna
3016 of 2001

For Appellants in W.A.  Nos.658 to      :       Mr.  C.  Prakasam
662 of 2002 etc.

For Petitioner in W.P.  No.25393 of     :       Mr.  G.  Subramanian, S.C.
2001

For Petitioner in W.P.  No.3440 of      :       Mr.  D.  Rajagopal
2002 etc.

For Petitioners in W.P.  No.24147 of    :       Mr.  A.L.  Somayaji, S.C.
2001 batch                                              for M/s.Aiyar & Dolia


For Petitioners in W.P.  No.9149 of     :       Mrs.  Nalini Chidambaram, S.C
2002 etc.  batch                                        for M/s.N.    Mohammed
Rafi

For Petitioners in W.P.  No.21092 of    :       Mr.  G.  Venkataraman
2002

For Petitioners in W.P.  No.10628 of    :       Mr.  K.V.  Ananthakrishnan
2002 etc.  batch

For Petitioners in W.P.  No.4264 of     :       Mr.  P.  Chandrasekaran
2001 etc.  batch

For Petitioners in W.P.  No.767 of      :       Mr.  S.N.  Ravichandran
2002 etc.  batch
For Petitioners in W.P.  No.24577       :       Mr.  V.  Dhanabalan
of 2002 etc.  batch

^For Respondents in all the Writ                :       Mr.  N.R.  Chandran,
Petitions and Writ Appeals.                     Advocate General, assisted
                                                by Mr. M.S. Palanisamy, A.G.P.
                                                in all  W.Ps.  and Mr.
                                                S.  Srinivasan,
                                                G.A.  in all W.As.

For Respondents (other than             :       Mr.  A.S.  Thambusamy
Government)in W.A.  Nos.2501 & 2502
of 2001 and 2972 of 2001.

For Respondents (other than Govt.  in   :       Mr.  N.  Sanjay Mohan
in W.A.  No.2883 of 2001

        (*)Other Writ Appeals & Writ Petitions Nos.   and  the  names  of  the
counsel are as per the annexed list)


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