(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) These appeals arise from a judgment dtd. 22/9/2022 of a Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.
(3.) The ninth respondent, Shri Chhatrapati Rajaram Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Limited, is a cooperative society registered under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act 1960. The society has its own bye-laws and is engaged primarily in the production of sugar. The jurisdiction of the cooperative society extends to 122 villages in seven talukas of District Kolhapur and it has 17,173 cultivator members.