(1.) PETITIONER challenges Ext.P3 award rendered by the 1st Respondent. The facts of the case are that the 2nd Respondent filed Ext.P1 plaint before the 1st Respondent, which was registered as ARC 8/09. The prayers in the plaint are as follows:
(2.) IN the ARC, Petitioner filed Ext.P2 application raising a preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of Ext.P1. According to the Petitioner, the claim ought to have been raised only under Section 69 of the Kerala Co -operative Societies Act and not by way of plaint before the 1st Respondent. This contention of the Petitioner was considered and and was rejected by Ext.P3. It is Ext.P3 order, which is under challenge.