(1.) INTRODUCTORY:-
(2.) ORDER UNDER REFERENCE :- WP.No.28641 of 2019 and WA.No.2253 of 2018 [J.A.Murugan Vs. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Chennai-10 and Another].
(3.) The Reference before this Court is "Whether a Secretary of a Cooperative Society is a public servant as defined under sec. 2[c][ix] and that he performs public duty as defined under Sec. 2[b] of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988?"