(1.) RULE. Rule returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties.
(2.) HEARD Mr. Madkholkar, learned counsel, for the appellant and Mr. Gawai, learned Govt. Pleader, for respondents No. 1 to 3.
(3.) BY these Letters Patent Appeals filed under clause 15 of Letters Patent, the impugned order dated 16-1-2003 passed by the learned single Judge dismissing the writ petitions filed by the appellants and confirming the order passed by respondent No. 3 directing liquidation of the banks in question by passing interim order under Section 102 (1) (c) (iv) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (for short, 'the Act') is under challenge. In all these appeals, common and identical questions of facts and law are involved and, as such, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgments.