REFERENCE OF A DISPUTE TO THE REGISTRAR
Reference date: __________
Applicant record: __________, registration __________; member __________, member no. __________, unit __________. Jurisdiction: __________.
Respondent: __________, __________. Dispute: __________. Facts: __________. Prior decision: __________, dated __________. Prior attempt: __________. Details: __________. Documents: __________. Relief: __________.
RECORD PARTICULARS
What is the society registered office address? __________
What is the member correspondence address? __________
What society/property record identifies the unit? __________
What committee/general-body resolution supports the action? __________
JURISDICTIONAL FIT
The reference should explain why the controversy touches the constitution, management or business of the cooperative society. A separate dispute over external property title should not be pulled into section 55 merely because one litigant happens to be a member.
RELIEF PRECISION
The relief should be something the Registrar or authorised adjudicatory process can grant under the Act. A focused prayer for account correction, dues determination, membership action or society decision is stronger than a broad request for every civil remedy.
LEGAL BASIS
Punjab: The Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 governs this reference of a dispute to the Registrar. Section 55 provides the Registrar reference route for qualifying disputes touching the constitution, management or business of the society. The first society action is taken by the managing committee or general body under the registered bye-laws; the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Punjab receives a statutory reference when section 55 applies. The appeal route from the resulting decision was not confirmed from the sources used for this document.
Chandigarh: The Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 and Punjab Co-operative Societies Rules, 1963 apply to cooperative societies in UT Chandigarh. Section 55 provides the equivalent Registrar dispute route, administered locally by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, UT Chandigarh. The current filing fee and period for the precise section 55 filing in this document were not confirmed from the sources used. The appeal route from the resulting decision was not confirmed from the sources used for this document.
PERSONAL DATA NOTICE
This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
The purpose of collecting personal data in this reference of a dispute to the registrar is to identify the member, unit and society record needed to administer the stated maintenance, default, recovery or dispute action.
The record will be held by __________ and may be shared with __________, its committee, accountant, auditor, Registrar and recovery or legal professionals directly involved in this matter.
If the matter does not proceed, the personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If the matter proceeds, the record will be retained for the matter plus 12 months, except where a statute requires a longer named retention period.
A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to __________. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.
Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.
Personal-data instruction: __________.
SIGNATURE
Authorised Society Signatory: __________