THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT APPEAL No.1132 of 2002 ORDER : (PER HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO) The department of Handlooms and Textiles is the appellant herein, aggrieved against the orders of the learned Single Judge in W.P. No.15098 of 2001 dated 08.04.2002, wherein the learned single Judge allowed the writ petition filed by the respondents 1 to 13 herein seeking for a mandamus assailing the impugned orders dated 12.07.2001 passed by the 2nd appellant herein. The facts, which are necessary for disposal of this case, are that the writ petitioners being the members of the society for some time and continuing as such. Later on a committee was appointed to go into certain allegations and submit a report and thereafter as per the said report filed by the 1st respondent directing the removal of the persons who are members of the society on the ground that they are not owning a loom of their own and are not depending on the income from weaving. Ultimately, the impugned order came to be passed removing the writ petitioners from the membership of the society. Hence, the writ petition. After considering the submissions made and pleas taken, in view of the amendment brought into Section 21(3) of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act as per amended Act 22 of 2001, dated 25.04.2001, the Writ Petition was allowed that the general body has no powers to pass the impugned order and the said orders were set aside. Hence, the appeal. Having considered the submissions and also perusal of the material, there is no dispute in regard to the proposition under law, especially in view of the amendment brought forthwith about the competency of the orders about the removal of the membership and we would not find any merits and the appeal is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Writ Appeal is dismissed. No costs. ________________ B.PRAKASH RAO, J _______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J AUGUST 17, 2009 KSH