IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 16TH BHADRA 1933 WA.No. 1322 of 2011() --------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER IN WPC.22668/2011 .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER ------------------------ THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SULTHAN BATHERY CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL & RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LIMITED NO.W.225, SULTHAN BATHERY 673592, WAYANAD DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT. BY ADV. SRI.M.K.DAMODARAN, SENIOR ADVOCATE SRI.P.K.VIJAYAMOHANAN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS -------------------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, CO-OPERATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 2. THE REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 3. THE STATE CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION COMMISSION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 4. THE ELECTORAL OFFICER/ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (GENERAL), SULTHAN BATHERY-673592, WAYANAD DISTRICT. 5. THE SPECIAL OFFICER, SULTHAN BATHERY CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LIMITED NO.W.225, SULTHAN BATHERY-673592, WAYANAD DISTRICT. 6. C.K.RAJENDRAN, PRESIDENT, KERALA STATE CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LIMITED, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 7. MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LIMITED, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. G.P. SRI.D.SOMASUNDARAM FOR R1 TO R4 ADV. SRI.P.U.SHYLAJAN FOR R6 ADV. SRI.GEORGE POONTHOTTAM FOR R7 THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ALONG WITH W.A. NOS.1323 & 1332/2011 ON 07/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. .................................................................... Writ Appeal Nos.1322, 1323 & 1332 of 2011 .................................................................... Dated this the 7th day of September, 2011. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. These Writ Appeals are filed challenging interim orders of the learned Single Judge declining to grant stay against operation of the Ordinance which amended the Co-operative Societies Act. On our query, Government Pleader submitted that Special Officer has taken over the management of the Societies concerned from the Board of Directors which is through operation of the Ordinance. In other words, provisions of the impugned Ordinance are already implemented and so much so, stay application before the Single Judge had become infrcutuous. The position is not any better before Division Bench as well. If at all we have to consider the interim order, the same is only for direction to the Special Officer to hand over the management of the Society to the Board of Directors which is superseded by operation of the Ordinance. We do not think it fit or desirable to issue such an order. However, appellants are free to argue the W.P.(C) before the 2 learned Single Judge at the earliest. Writ Appeals are closed as infructuous. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge P.S.GOPINATHAN Judge pms