Greetings!
In order to answer your query, I herewith lay down s.101 of Maharashtra co-operative societies act in a nutshell.
The Section 101 procedure is a simpler way of realizing arrears of society dues without instituting the cumbersome court proceedings. a compulsion in business that requires establishing debt due by a debtor to a creditor in the course of business, a profit-making activity necessarily.
According to section 101 recovery process is as follow;
- Assistant Registrar/ Deputy Registrar making a hearing and a summary inquiry on the basis of the affidavits filed by the disputant (lender) and the respondent (defaulter).
- Assistant Registrar/ Deputy Registrar issuing a notice of default to the defaulter.
- On receipt of the Recovery Certificate, the Recovery Officer shall prepare a demand notice to be sent to the Sale-Officer for attaching the movable property of the member concerned.
The Sale Officer, on receipt of recovery paper from the Recovery Officer, shall visit the flat of the member concerned for preparing an inventory of the movable property and handover such list to the member concerned and serve the demand notice on the defaulter member.
If the amount is not paid by the member concerned immediately upon service of the demand notice, the Sale Officer will seize the movable property.
Thereafter, the Sale Officer shall fix the date, time and place for such auction of the movable property seized, and auction out the same, and pay the sale proceeds thereof to the Society, in satisfaction of the outstanding dues payable by the defaulting member to the society.
Making Application for issuing a recovery certificate
Issue notice for payment of dues (including up to 21% interest) to the defaulter, with a warning therein that on failure to make payment of the same, an application would be made to the Competent Authority under section 101 of MCS Act, 1960.
Pass the resolution to recover the dues at the Managing Committee Meeting.
Issue a final notice to the defaulter
Apply to the Assistant. Registrar/ Deputy Registrar for the recovery of dues.
Pay the prescribed fee (Rs 15 to 1000 max) through the Reserve Bank of India.
As is evident, there is no suit before a court of law is involved.
In fact, for cooperative disputes, cooperative courts have exclusive jurisdiction, and even that is obviated by the special procedure of Recovery Certificate and Administration of the State helping Societies to recover arrears of dues at almost no cost. The question of time barring is unthinkable. Hence, until settlement, the attachment to your property will be valid.
Regards,
Kawmini Liyanage
