(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Co-operative Societies Act or any other law for the time being in force, any dispute touching the constitution management or business of a co-operative society between a bank which has given to a co-operative society any money, loan or advance for the purpose of providing financial assistance to its members and the co-operative society to which such money, loan or advance has been given, other than disputes regarding disciplinary action taken by the society or its committee against paid employee of the society shall be referred by either of the parties to the dispute to the Registrar for decision.
(2) Where any question arises whether, for the purposes of sub-section (1), a matter referred to for decision is a dispute or not the question shall be decided by the Registrar, whose decision shall be final.
19. If the Registrar is satisfied that any matter referred to him or brought to his notice is a dispute referred to in section 18, the Registrar shall decide the dispute himself or refer it for disposal to a nominee or a board of nominees appointed by him and thereafter all the provisions of the Co-operative Societies Act relating to the settlement of disputes, procedure for settlement of disputes appeals against the decisions in such disputes, enforcement of the decisions, awards or orders in such proceedings, and all Guj. XXVII of
1961. Land not vesting in Government to be charged for unrecovered dues in certain cases.
Recovery of dues in respect of financial assistance to carry out State-Sponsored Scheme as arrears of land revenue.
Bank eligible to become member of cooperative society.
Inspection of books of cooperative society by bank.
Disputes between bank and co-operative society.
Settlement of disputes.
The Gujarat Agricultural Credit (Provision of Facilities) Act, 1979.
10 of 13 other matters relating to such, disputes shall, mutatis mutandis apply as if it were a dispute within the meaning of section 96 of that Act.
20. The provisions of section 157 of the Co-operative Societies Act shall, so far as may be apply to the recovery of any amount found due to a bank under section 19 as if such amount were a sum due to the Government.