https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280717 A co-operative society ceased to qualify as a Primary Agricultural Credit Society because its actual operations were dominated by deposits and non-agricultural lending, so it became a Primary Credit Society by operation of law under the statutory definition. On that basis, the depositor constituency under Section 28(1C) applied. The Election Commission could reserve one seat for depositors in the election notification because the non obstante clause in Section 28(1C) prevailed over inconsistent bye-laws and the managing committee resolution. Prior formal reclassification by the Registrar was not required before implementing the statutory mandate. The depositor-seat reservation and the election from that constituency were upheld. en-us Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280717 A co-operative society ceased to qualify as a Primary Agricultural Credit Society because its actual operations were dominated by deposits and non-agricultural lending, so it became a Primary Credit Society by operation of law under the statutory definition. On that basis, the depositor constituency under Section 28(1C) applied. The Election Commission could reserve one seat for depositors in the election notification because the non obstante clause in Section 28(1C) prevailed over inconsistent bye-laws and the managing committee resolution. Prior formal reclassification by the Registrar was not required before implementing the statutory mandate. The depositor-seat reservation and the election from that constituency were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280717