that the amount of Rs.25,61,400/- was deposited by the 1st and Civil Appeal @ SLP(C) No. 5464 of 2023 Page 2 of 82nd respondents within three months of filing the writ petition. The learned Single Judge allowed the 4th respondent bank to withdraw the said amount together with interest accrued thereon. The learned Single Judge directed the 4th respondent to refund the entire auction amount paid by the appellant along with an additional amount of 5 per cent of the said amount in the light of sub-rule 4(b) of Rule 38 of the Karnataka Co- operative Societies Rules, 1960 (for short, ‘the Rules’). 5. Being aggrieved by the judgment of the learned Single Judge, the appellant preferred Writ Appeal before the Division Bench, which was dismissed by the judgment dated 5th September 2022. 6. The decisions of the learned Single Judge and the Division Bench are the subject matter of challenge in this appeal. 7. Though the direction to set aside the auction sale was challenged in this appeal, as can