THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO.4747 OF 2006 Between: Y.Bali Reddy son of Eshwar Reddy ….Petitioner vs. The District Cooperative Officer, Chittore and another ….Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO.4747 OF 2006 ORAL ORDER The petitioner was suspended by the Chairman of Cooperative Town Bank, Madanapally, Chittore District, by the impugned proceedings dated.25-02-2006 on certain allegations. It is neither pleaded, urged or established that the Cooperative Town Bank is a State or an Instrumentality of the State within the meaning of the Article 12 of the Constitution. A Full Bench of this Court in Sri Konaseema Co-op. Central Bank Limited vs. N. Seetharama Raju () has laid down the law that a Cooperative Bank is not a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution and the disputes between such body and its employees do not have a public law disposition warranting adjudication under Article 226 of Constitution. The petitioner has ample remedies, to seek appropriate relief before a civil court of competent jurisdiction as the dispute between the petitioner and the Cooperative Bank is not susceptible to arbitral resolution under Section 60 of the A.P. Cooperative Societies Act,1964. For the aforesaid reasons the writ petition is dismissed. The petitioner is at liberty to pursue appropriate remedies. __________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J 10TH MARCH 2006 *TSNR