Q. Our society secretary is not conducting the managing committee's meetings. Can the other members requisition the secretary or chairman to conduct the meeting? If the chairman is also favouring the secretary, what are the former's powers in this regard? Prasanna Sekharan, Matunga A.

It is the secretary's responsibility to conduct meetings regularly to ensure that the society is managed well and more so to comply with the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies (MCS) Act, rules and bylaws. If the secretary fails to convene the meetings, the chairman is empowered to convene them and issue the notice and agenda for the same. Other committee members can also requisition for a meeting.

On a requisition of one-third members, the secretary should convene a special meeting within seven days from the

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