JUDGMENT Mansoor Ahmad Mir 1. The petitioner, by the medium of this writ petition, has questioned the selection and appointment of respondent No. 6 made by respondent No.4-Upper Lahla Cooperative Agriculture Service Society Ltd., on the ground of fairness. 2. The moot question is whether the Cooperative Society-respondent No. 4 is State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India and whether the writ will lie? 3. We have already dealt with this issue in CWP No. 6608 of 2014 decided on 14.7.2015 titled Sushil Kumar Dogra versus State of H.P. and others and held that the Cooperative Society is not a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. 4. In view of the judgment supra, the writ petition merits to be dismissed and is dismissed. The judgment referred to supra, shall form part of this judgment also. However, the petitioner is at liberty to seek appropriate remedy.