State Act

The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960

112B. General Body and Committee of 9[State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Multipurpose Development Bank.].— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in the rules made thereunder, or in the bye-laws of the 10[State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Multipurpose Development Bank],— (a) The delegates 11[and members] elected in accordance with the provisions of 12[clause (d)] of sub-section (1) of section 112A 13[and sub-section (1) of section 112AA] shall, for the purposes of section 72, constitute the general body of members of the 14[State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Multipurpose Development Bank]. (b) The committee of the 15[State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Multipurpose Development Bank] shall consist of the following members, namely :— 16[(i) twenty one members to be elected from amongst the Chairmen of all Districts, including five reserved seats, one from the persons belonging to the Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes, one from the persons belonging to Other Backward Classes, one from the persons belonging to De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes or Special Backward Classes and two women;] (ii) 17[* * * * *] from amongst the members of the 18[State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Multipurpose Development Bank] who shall be co-opted by the committee in its first meeting to be convened by the 1[State Co-operative Election Commissioner or an officer authorised by State Co-operative Election Authority in that behalf but such officer] or such Officer shall not, while presiding over such meeting, have a right of vote ; 2* * Explanation.— For the purposes of this sub-clause, the provisions of 3[clauses (b) and (b-1)] of the Explanation to section 73B shall apply in relation to the members to be co-opted or appointed under this clause ; 4[* * * * *] 5[* * * * *] 6[(3) The Committee shall have a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman. The State Co-operative Election Authority or an Officer authorised by the State Co-operative Election Authority in that behalf shall convene a meeting of the members of the Committee for election of a Chairman and Vice-Chairman who shall be from the members referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) and such meeting shall be presided over by the State Cooperative Election Authority or by such authorised officer, but such presiding officer shall not have a right to vote at such meeting.] 7[* * * * *] (7) The committee shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be conferred or entrusted to it by this Act or by the rules made thereunder or by the bye-laws of the 8[State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Multipurpose Development Bank]. (8) Without prejudice to the other provisions relating to the procedure at the meeting of the committee as may be laid down by rules or bye-laws made in that behalf, one third of the total number of members of the committee shall form the quorum at any meeting of the committee.