Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any dispute touching the constitution, management or business of a society shall be referred in the prescribed form either by any of the parties to the dispute, or by a federal society to which the society is affiliated, or by a creditor of the society, to the Registrar, if the parties thereto are from amongst the following :- (a) a society, its committee, any past committee, any past or present office, any past or present agent, any past or present servant or nominee, heir or legal representative of any deceased officer, deceased agent or deceased servant of the society, or the Liquidator of the society; (b) a member, past member or a person claiming through a member, past member or a deceased member of a society, or a society which is a member of the society; (c) a person, other than a member of the society, who has been granted a loan by the society, or with whom the society has or had transactions under the provisions of section 46, and any person claiming through such a person ; (d) a surety of a member, past member or a deceased member, or a person other than a member who has been granted a loan by the society 46, whether such a surety is or is not a member of the society; (e) any other society, or the Liquidator of such a society. (2) When any question arises whether for the purposes of sub-section (1) a matter referred to for decision is a dispute or not, the question shall be considered by the Registrar, whose decision shall be final. Explanation I.—For the purposes of this sub-section, a dispute shall include—