State Act

The Telangana Co-operative Societies Act, 1964.

21. (1) A person shall be disqualified for being admitted as, and for being a member, if he – (a) is an applicant to be adjudicated an insolvent or is an of society insolvent; or 81[(aa) is not eligible for membership under section 19;] (b) has been sentenced for any offence involving moral turpitude, such sentence not having been reversed and a period of three years has not elapsed from the date of the expiration of the sentence; or (c) is a paid employee of the society or of its financing bank or of any society for which it is the financing bank; or (d) has been expelled from membership under this Act and a period of one year has not elapsed from the date of such expulsion; 82[or] 83[(e) is carrying on business of such kind as the Registrar may, by general or special order, declare to be a business which is in conflict with the objects or interests of the society;] 84[or (f) as such member fails to transact such minimum business or utilise minimum services or facilities in a year as may be specified in the bye-laws; or in respect of Housing societies if the member sold out the plot alloted to him/her; or (g) fails to attend two consecutive annual general body meetings without leave of absence; or (h) fails to give information relevant to him to the society as specified in the bye-laws;] 85[(i) is/was a director or member of the Managing Committee of the society which fails to handover all the records of the society to the successor Managing Committee.] (2) The provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall not apply to a person seeking admission to, or to a member of, a society exclusively formed for the reclamation of such class of persons 86[as may, from time to time, be notified by the Government in the 87Telangana Gazette.] The provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall not apply to a person seeking admission to, or to a member of- (i) a society which has as its principal object the provision of employment to its members; or (ii) such other society as may be prescribed. 88[(3) where any person, who is not eligible for being admitted as member has been admitted as member or where the member who is disqualified to continue as such under sub-section (1) is continued as member, he shall be removed by the General body on its own motion or on a representation made to it by any member of a society or its federal society or its financing bank: Provided that no member shall be removed under this sub-section unless he had an opportunity of making a representation against the proposed action. A copy of the resolution removing the member shall be communicated to such person and on such communication, he shall be deemed to have ceased to be a member of the society.]