1. S.60 of the Travancore-Cochin Co-operative Societies Act X of 1952 comes up for consideration in this Civil Revision Petition. The Coir Industrial Co-operative Society No. 3066 of Chingoli, represented by its President, is the petitioner before me. The Society filed a petition in the lower court praying that the decree passed in S.C.S. No.35 of 1960 against it be declared null and void on the ground that it was passed without jurisdiction. The contention was that the dispute which resulted in the decree was one touching the business of the Society and therefore, it should have been referred to the Registrar, of Co-operative Societies for decision. The lower court refused to accept this contention and dismissed the petition and the President of the Co-operative Society has filed the Civil Revision Petition.

2. The short question for consideration is regarding the connotation or the implication of S.60 of the Co-operative Societies Act. S.60 enacts, among other things, that if any dispute touching the business of a registered Society arises between the Society and a member, such dispute shall be referred to the Registrar for decision. In the present case the Co-operativ