Ramesh Kadopi v. Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Trading and Development Cooperative Federation Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Regularization/service batch: Managers of Primary Minor Forest Produce Cooperative Societies vs Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Trading & Development Cooperative Federation; Rule 7(4) probation confirmation; employer-employee relationship in three-tier cooperative structure (Federation–District Unions–Primary Societies); supervisory/financial control does not equal employment; appointment orders issued by Society President; non-joinder of appointing authority defeats mandamus; Section 55 Chhattisgarh Cooperative Societies Act 1960 as unexhausted alternate remedy; restraint on Article 226 writ jurisdiction; (2005) 6 SCC 499; (2020) 19 SCC 172; all 19 writ petitions dismissed with liberty to seek other remedies.
What did the court decide?
The statutory Rules vest the power to appoint Managers exclusively in the President of the concerned Primary Forest Produce Cooperative Society; no provision authorises the Federation to issue appointment orders.