A suit against a co-operative society is not maintainable without giving notice under Section 126 of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964.

A. GANGADHARA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE 1st defendant, Karimnagar District Co-operative Central bank Limited, is the petitioner. The 2nd defendant, Thota Veeraiah, is a member of the Co-operative Society, Ramadugu. He was in arrears of rs. 810/-to that Society, The Sale Officer of the 1st defendant s Bank attached the standing crops on his lands, for the arrears. It is the case of the plaintiffs that the 2nd defendant is only having l/4th share in the lands. They filed a Claim Petition under Rule 52 of the A. P. Co-operative Societies rules 1964, for release of the attached paddy before the Sale Officer. Later on they were informed on 7th October, 1976 that the petition was dismissed on 9th October, 1975. Subsequently, they filed a suit on or about 17th december, 1976 in the Court of the District Munsif, Karimnagar against the karimnagar District Co-operative Central Bank (1st defendant) and Thota veeraiah (2nd defendant) to recover Rs. 350/- from the 1st defendant (Cooperative central Bank. Karimnagar) and to pay Rs. 300/-to the 1st plaintiff and Rs. 50/- to the 2nd defendant towards their share of the produce from the lands.

( 2 ) AN Interlocutory Application was filed by the 1st defendant-Bank stating that the suit was not maintainable, since notice was not given to it under Section 126 of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ) before filing the suit. The learned district Munsif dismissed that petition relying upon a Division Beach decision of this Court in Hussain ali Mirza vs. State of Andhra Pradesh. Questining that order the 1st defendant (Bunk has filed this revision.

( 3 ) IT is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that hussainali Mirza vs. State of Andhra Pradesh is no longer good law, in view of the decision of the Supreme Court in Sawai Singhai vs. Union of india. Section i 26 of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 reads as follows : "no suit shall be instituted against a society or any of its officers in respect of any act touching the constitution, management or the business of the society until the expiration of sixty days next after notice in writing has been delivered to the Registrar, or left at his office, Mating the cause of action, the name, description and place of residence of the plaintiff and the relief wh ch he claims and the plaint shall contain a statement that such notice has been so delivered or left. " this provision is similar to Section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It is not disputed that giving a nonce in terms of the Section before filing of the suit against the Society is mandatory. In view of the Full Bench decision of the Madras High Court in Madhava Rao vs. Surya Rao the words "touching the busines of a society" in Section 126 must be given their full import bearing in mind d the object of the legislation. The disputes are not to be restricted to matters arising from and out of the business of the society, but are also extended to matters which are in some way concerned or related to the bussiness of the society. The word "business" is not used in a narrow senss in order to determine the business of the society, one has to look into the provisions of the Act, the rules and the Bye-laws framed by the society. All matters comprised in them or incidental or are necessary for carrying out those matters must be deemed to be the business of the society.

( 4 ) IN view of this decision, it has to be held that the suit relates to the buisness of the society, for it was filed in effect to set aside the claim order. wbich was in its terms filed when the standing crops of the plaintiffs were attached for arrears due to the Co-operative society.

( 5 ) IN Hussain ali Mirza vs. State of Andhra Pradesh the question for consideration was whether a suit under Section 6 of the Government dema ds Act (No, W of 1308 Fasli) was maintainble, though the notice priscribed by Section 80 Civil Procedure Code was not given by the plainti

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