Bare ActsThe Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act 1960

Section 152

Appeals

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Appeals.— (1) An appeal against an order or decision 2under sections 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 21A, 29, 35, 77A, 78, 79, 85, 88 and 105 including against an order for paying compensation to a society shall lie,— (a) If made or sanctioned or approved by the Registrar, or the Additional or Joint Registrar on whom powers of the Registrar are conferred, to the State Government. (b) If made or sanctioned by any person other than the Registrar, or the Additional or Joint Registrar on whom the powers of the Registrar are conferred to the Registrar. (2) Where an appeal against any order or decision to the Cooperative Appellate Court has been provided under this Act, it shall lie to the Co-operative Appellate Court. (3) An appeal under sub-section (1) or (2) shall be filed within two months of the date of the communication of the order or decision. (4) Save as expressly provided, no appeal shall lie against any order, decision or award passed in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and every such order, decision or award shall, whether expressly provided or not, be final, but shall always be subject to the provisions for revision in this Act; and where an appeal has been provided for, any order passed on appeal shall likewise be final, but be subject to such revision provisions. 152-A. Appeal against rejection of nomination paper at election.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules or the bye-laws made there under a person aggrieved by the rejection of nomination of a candidate at the election of a committee of any society, other than a society specified by or under section 73G, may file an appeal to the Registrar within three days of the date of rejection of the nomination. The Registrar shall dispose of such appeal within ten days of the date of receipt of such appeal and the decision of the Registrar in appeal shall be final and no further appeal or revision shall lie against the decision of the Registrar in such appeal. In the case of a society specified by or under section 73G, an appeal shall lie to the Divisional Commissioner who shall dispose of such appeal within ten days from the date of receipt of such appeal and the decision of the Commissioner in appeal, shall be final and no further appeal or revision shall lie against the decision of the Divisional Commissioner in such appeal. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules or the bye-laws made there under, the list of validly nominated candidates shall be subject to the decision of any appeal filed under sub-section (1), and the period between the date of scrutiny of nomination papers and the last date of the withdrawal of candidatures shall not be less than fifteen days.

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