CWP No.326 of 2008. 10.3.2008. Present: Mr.Lalit Sharma, counsel for the petitioner. Mr.R.K.Bawa, Advocate General with Mr.J.K.Verma, Dy.A.G. for respondents 1 to 3. The petitioner herein was the Chairman of the HIMCOFED and one of the duly elected Directors of the H.P. State Cooperative Development Federation. Notice was issued to him on 10.1.2008 under Section 37(i) of the H.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1968 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) calling upon him to show cause why he should not be removed from the post of Chairman for certain acts of omission and commission considered prejudicial to the interest of the Federation. The petitioner filed reply to the show cause notice. It is also alleged that the petitioner sought certain information under the Right to Information Act. An order of removal was passed against the petitioner on 11th February, 2008 removing him from the post of member HIMCOFED. The petitioner filed a statutory appeal against the order of removal which was listed before the Secretary (Cooperation) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh. This appeal came up before the concerned officer for 20th February, 2008 when the impugned order was passed whereby the prayer of the petitioner for grant of stay of the order dated 11th February, 2008 passed by the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, was rejected. Shri Lalit Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner states that though stay has been refused to his client, the Appellate Authority has not even fixed a date for hearing of the case. He submits that though the order of removal was passed in a short period of one month, when the appeal has been filed the Appellate Authority is not showing similar hurry in deciding the appeal. He has prayed that the order passed by both the authorities below be stayed. We have considered the matter in depth. We find that at this stage when the petitioner has already been removed it would not be appropriate for us to order stay of the impugned orders. This would amount to allowing the appeal itself. This petition can be disposed of at this stage itself without getting a formal reply from the State since the petition is in the nature of a writ of certiorari for quashing of an order of inferior authorities. We direct the Secretary (Cooperation) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh to ensure that the appeal filed by the petitioner is disposed of at the earliest and in any event not later than 11th April, 2008. We further direct that in view of the fact that the appeal is pending before the Appellate Authority which appeal is to be decided by 11th April, 2008, that the vacancy resultant to the removal of the petitioner shall not be filled up till the decision of the appeal. With these directions the writ petition is disposed of. The petitioner is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Appellate Authority on or before 17th March, 2008. CMP No.417 of 2008: In view of the disposal of the main petition, this application is also disposed of. ( Deepak Gupta),J. March 10, 2008. ( Rajiv Sharma ),J. PV