The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960

This book is a practitioner-ready, updated compilation of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (Mah. Act XXIV of 1961), reflecting amendments through 2022. It brings together the core statute with the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961 and the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Election to Committee) Rules, 2014, plus essential notifications and government orders—making it a single reference for day-to-day governance, compliance, and litigation strategy. Housing stakeholders benefit from the special housing chapter (Chapter XIII-B) dealing with committee governance, reservations, no-confidence motions, allotment by draw of lots, and recovery of dues. Compliance-heavy areas—returns, audits, maintenance of books, and Registrar oversight (e.g., Section 79)—are presented with forms and formats (including Form Y and possession notices) to streamline filings and enforcement. For disputes, recoveries, elections, and classification/registration matters, succinct notes and case-law references with free full-text access help readers quickly locate controlling precedents. Revised by Ms. Anamika Malhotra and published by Naveen Publications, Mumbai, the volume is designed to reduce research time and minimize compliance risk for co-operative institutions and their advisors.