Disciplinary action against a paid employee of a multi-state co-operative society is excluded from Central Registrar jurisdiction.

A dispute challenging disciplinary action by a Multi-State Co-operative Society against its paid employee is excluded from section 74 of the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 1984 and cannot be referred to the Central Registrar. The provision is confined to disputes touching the society's constitution, management or business, and the deemed-dispute clause does not extend to service disputes of this kind. A Labour Officer, as a paid employee, therefore cannot invoke that forum to question removal from service. The analogous Maharashtra provision was treated as not pari materia, so the earlier local precedent did not assist the petitioner.

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Issues: Whether a dispute concerning disciplinary action taken by a Multi-State Co-operative Society against its paid employee is maintainable before the Central Registrar under section 74 of the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 1984.

Analysis: Section 74 excludes disputes regarding disciplinary action taken by a Multi-State Co-operative Society against its paid employee from the class of disputes that may be referred to the Central Registrar. The provision is confined to disputes touching the constitution, management or business of the society, and the deemed-dispute clause does not extend to such service disputes. A Labour Officer is a paid employee, and a challenge to his removal from service therefore falls outside the statutory jurisdiction. The analogous provision in section 91 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 was held not to be pari materia, so the earlier decision under that Act did not assist the petitioner.

Conclusion: The dispute was not maintainable before the Central Registrar and the objection to jurisdiction was rightly upheld.

Final Conclusion: The writ petition failed because the impugned order declining jurisdiction over the service dispute was sustained, leaving the petitioner to pursue such remedy as may be available before the appropriate forum.

Ratio Decidendi: A dispute challenging disciplinary action by a Multi-State Co-operative Society against its paid employee is expressly excluded from section 74 and cannot be referred to the Central Registrar, since it is neither a dispute touching the society's constitution, management or business nor a deemed dispute under the Act.

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