Danis Vaz
Our society has 15 members and our election to elect. New managing committee members was scheduled last Year but was not held as no one from the election dept.Came. Can you please advise if we could conduct the Elections at the next AGM scheduled for September 2014.
I C Naik
As per the latest decision of the State Cabinet reportedly all Elections have been postponed till 31 12 2014. Your present Committee must continue as a Caretaker Committee till then. Section 166(4) of MCS Act also provides for this:
“(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, as amended by the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2013, but subject to the provisions of sub-section (15) of section 73CB, the committees of which the elections become due after the 31st March 2013,shall continue till the elections to such societies are held under the provisions of this Act as amended by the said Act.