Registrar Cooperative Society 
Disputes which may be referred for arbitration
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, if any dispute touching the constitution, management or the business of a co-operative society other than a dispute regarding disciplinary action taken by the co-operative society or its committee against a paid employee of the co-operative society arises-
(a) among members, past members and persons claiming through members, past members and deceased members; or
(b) between a member, past member or person claiming through a member,past member or deceased member and the co-operative society, its committee or any officer, agent or employee of the co-operative society or liquidator, past or present; or
(c) between the co-operative society or its committee and any past committee, any officer, agent or employee, or any past officer, past agent or past employee or the nominee, heirs or legal representatives of any deceased officer, deceased agent, or deceased employee of the co-operative society; or
(d) between the co-operative society and any other co-operative society, between a co-operative society and liquidator of another co-operative society or between the liquidator of one co-operative society and the liquidator of another co-operative society; such disputes shall be referred to the Registrar for decision and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or other proceedings in respect of such disputes.
(2) If any question arises whether a dispute referred to the Registrar under this section is or is not a dispute touching the constitution, management or the business of a co-operative society, the decision thereon of the Registrar shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court.
(3) The Registrar shall decide the aforesaid question within a period of ninety days and in case the aforesaid question, as enumerated under sub-section (2) is not decided within the stipulated period of ninety days, the dispute shall be deemed to have been admitted under section 70 of this Act andthe same shall be referred for decision under section 71.
(4) (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Limitation Act, 1963(36 of 1963), but subject to the specific provisions made in this Act,the period of limitation in the case of a dispute referred to the Registrar under sub-section (1) shall -
(i) when the dispute relates to the recovery of any sum including interest thereon due to a co-operative society by a member thereof, be computed from the date on which such member dies or ceases to be member of the co-operative society, be three years;
(ii) save as otherwise provided in sub-clause
(iii), when the dispute relates to any act or omission on the part of any of the parties referred to in clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (1), be six years from the date on which the act or omission with reference to which the dispute arose or took place;
(iii) when the disputes relates to a co-operative society which has been ordered to be wound up under section 95 or section 96 or section97 or in respect of which an administrator has been appointed under section 37, be six years from the date of the order issued under section 95 or section 96 or section 97 or section 37, as the case maybe; and
(iv) when the dispute is in respect of an election of an officer of a co-operative society be thirty days from the date of the declaration of the result of the election.
(b) The period of limitation in the case of any other dispute except those mentioned in the fore going clause which are required to be referred to the Registrar shall be regulated by the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963),as if the dispute was a suit and the Registrar a civil court.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in clauses (a) and (b), the Registrar may admit a dispute after the expiry of the period of limitation, if the applicant satisfies the Registrar that he had sufficient cause for not referring the dispute within such period and the dispute so admitted shall be a dispute which shall not be barre don the ground that the period of limitation has expired.
(5) Save as otherwise provided under this Act, the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of 1996) shall apply to all arbitration under this Act, as if proceedings for arbitration were referred for settlement or decision under the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.