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Regn.No. KERBIL/2012/45073 dated 05-09-2012 with RNI Reg No.KL/TV(N)/634/2021-2023 മകരള സർകാർ Government of Kerala 2026
മകരള ഗസറ്
KERALA GAZETTE
അസാധാരണം
EXTRAORDINARY
ആധികാരികാേയി ്പസിദറ്റപടുതുനത
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തിരുവനനപുരം,
2026 ആഗസ് 21 21st August 2026
ചവളി
നർേ
No. 2333 വാലം 15 Vol. XV
1202 ചിങം 5 5th Chingam 1202 Thiruvananthapuram, Friday
1948 ്ശാവണം 30
30th Sravana 1948
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Co-operation (PS) Department
ORDER
G.O. (P)No.83/2026/Co-op.
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 7th August 2026
S. R. O. No. 712/2026
22nd Karkadakam 1201.
WHEREAS, under subsection (1) of section 32 of the Kerala Co operative Societies Act 1969 (Act no. 21 of 1969), the Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies (General), Thiruvananthapuram had issued orders
2for superseding the Managing Committee of the ThiruvananthapuramDistrict Merchants Labours Cooperative Society Ltd. No. T. 1315 in Thiruvananthapuram District and had appointed an administrative committee to manage the affairs of the said society;
AND WHEREAS, under subsection (1) of section 32 of the said Act, the term of an administrator or administrative committee, appointed to manage the affairs of a society shall not exceed six months in the aggregate, provided that in the case of cooperative society, carrying on the business of banking, appointment of administrator or administrative committee shall not exceed one year in the aggregate;
AND WHEREAS, the said term of one year of the administrative committee appointed under subsection (1) of section 32 of the said Act to manage the affairs of the Thiruvananthapuram District Merchants Labours Cooperative Society Ltd. No. T. 1315 in Thiruvananthapuram District expired on 4th January, 2023;
AND WHEREAS, the term of the administrative committee of the said society was extended for a period of one year from 5th January, 2023 to 4th January, 2024 in pursuance of notification issued under G.O.(P) No.220/2023/Coop dated 25th October, 2023 and published as S.R.O.No.1130/2023 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.3493 dated 30 th October, 2023 and the period was extended further for a period of one year from 5th January, 2024 to 4th January, 2025 in pursuance of notification issued under G.O.(P)No.213/2024/Coop dated 28th November, 2024 and published as S.R.O. No.1119/2024 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.3844 dated 30th November, 2024 and the period was extended for a further period of one
3year from 5th January, 2025 to 4th January, 2026 in pursuance of notification issued under G.O(P)No.51/2025/Coop dated 21st April, 2025 and published as S.R.O. No.466/2025 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.1529 dated 22nd April, 2025 and the period was also expired on 4th January, 2026;
AND WHEREAS, the Registrar of Cooperative Societies has reported that the election to the Board of Directors of the said society could not be conducted within the extended period and has requested the Government to extend the term of the administrative committee for a further period of one year from 5th January, 2026 to 4th January, 2027 or till a newly elected committee enters upon office, whichever is earlier, to avoid administrative vacuum in the said society;
AND WHEREAS, the Government have examined the matter in detail and are satisfied that it is necessary, in public interest, to direct that the provisions of subsection (1) of Section 32 of the said Act shall apply to the said society with certain modifications and to permit the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to extend the term of the administrative committee appointed to manage the affairs of the said society for a further period of one year from 5th January, 2026 to 4th January, 2027 or till a newly elected committee enters upon office, whichever is earlier to avoid the administrative vacuum in the said society;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 101 of the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, 1969 (No.21 of 1969), the Government of Kerala hereby direct that provisions of sub
4section (1) of Section 32 of the said Act shall apply to theThiruvananthapuram District Merchants Labours Cooperative Society Ltd. No. T. 1315 in Thiruvananthapuram District with the modifications of substituting the words "four years" for the words "one year" and in exercise of the powers under subsection (1) of section 32 of the said Act, as so modified and to permit the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to extend the term of the administrator or administrative committee appointed to manage the affairs of the Thiruvananthapuram District Merchants Labours Cooperative Society Ltd. No. T. 1315 in Thiruvananthapuram District for a further period of one year from 5th January, 2026 to 4th January, 2027 or till a newly elected committee enters upon office, whichever is earlier to avoid administrative vacuum in the said society.
By order of the Governor,
NIANTO
DR VEENA N MADHAVAN IAS
Secretary to Government
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
The term of the administrative committee appointed under subsection (1) of Section 32 of the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act 1969 (21 of 1969), to manage the affairs of the Thiruvananthapuram District Merchants Labours Co operative Society Ltd. No. T. 1315 in Thiruvananthapuram District expired on 4th January, 2023 and the period was lastly extended for a period of one year from 5th January, 2025 to 4th January, 2026 in pursuance of notification issued under G.O(P)No.51/2025/Coop dated 21st April, 2025 and published as
5S.R.O.No. 466/2025 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.1529 dated 22nd April, 2025 and the period was also expired on 4th January, 2026. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies has reported that the election to the board of directors of the said society could not be conducted within the extended period and has requested to extend the term of the administrative committee for a further period of one year from 5th January, 2026 to 4th January, 2027. The Government have examined the matter in detail and are satisfied that it is necessary, in public interest, that the provisions of subsection (1) of Section 32 of the said Act shall apply to the said society with certain modifications and permit the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to extend the term of the administrative committee appointed to manage the affairs of the said society for a further period of one year from 5th January, 2026 to 4th January, 2027 or till a newly elected committee enters upon office, whichever is earlier to avoid administrative vacuum in the said society.
This order is intended to achieve the above object.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PUBLISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 2026