N.K. Rajan vs S. Padma And Ors.

The Supreme Court addressed the legality of the Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 1995, specifically Section 80(3-A), which mandated that appointments in co-operative societies be made from a select list provided by the Kerala Public Service Commission. The Court held that the ordinance was unconstitutional as it violated the rights of the bank to conduct its own recruitment process, thereby allowing the bank to proceed with selections as per prior rules. The Court's ruling reinstated the authority of the bank to continue its recruitment process without the constraints imposed by the ordinance.