(1.) The question in these two matters which has been referred to this larger Bench by a Full Bench consisting of three of us, is as follows:
(2.) The second of the Writ Appeals arises out of CMP 12030of 1991 inOP7132 of 1991 dated 15-7-1991. The appellants are respondents 4 and 5 in the O.P. The appellants were nominated to the Board of Directors of a Cooperative. Bank as per Ext. P1 order of the Registrar of Cooperative. Societies dated 31-8-1987. Later the Joint Registrar nominated the two Writ Petitioners on 10-7-1991 but again withdrew the same under Ext. P2. The said withdrawal was challenged on the ground that once the nomination of the writ petitioners was made, the same could not be withdrawn since their term would be co-terminus with that of the elected members. The learned Single Judge admitted the Original Petition and granted interim stay on 15-7-1991, staying the operation of Ext. P2 order pending the Original Petition. The appellants filed a counter and when the CMP came up on 30-9-1991, the learned Judge initially passed an order vacating the stay and posted the matter for orders on 3-10-1991, but when the matter came up on 3-10-1991, before it was signed, the learned Judge thought it fit to continue the stay and, therefore, deleted the order vacating stay and posted the Original Petition for final hearing. The learned Judge, in our view, was entitled to alter the order in the presence of the counsel before it was signed. However, as the order passed on 3-10-1991 was one for continuing the interim slay for the period during the pendency of the Original Petition and not merely pending the CMP, we shall assume that it could be treated as a disposal of the CMP. It is this order of slay that is challenged in the Writ Appeal.
(3.) At the outset, it is necessary to refer to the provisions of S.5 of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958 as amended in 1969. They read as follows: