Co-operation · Ch 3 — Commissioner and Registrar of Co-operative Societies
Powers and Functions of the Commissioner for Co-operation
Powers and Functions of the Commissioner for Co-operation
As Commissioner for Co-operation, the officer is the highest authority of the Co-operation Department and is chiefly concerned with the administration, direction, and promotion of the co-operative movement as a whole in Maharashtra, rather than with the day-to-day handling of any one society. His powers and functions in this capacity flow partly from the Act and partly from his position as the departmental head, and they may be grouped as administrative, supervisory, and developmental.
On the administrative side, the Commissioner exercises overall superintendence, direction, and control over all the subordinate registrars and the offices of the department throughout the State. He assigns areas and classes of societies to the various officers, transfers and controls the departmental staff, and ensures that the powers of the Registrar are exercised uniformly and fairly across all districts. He is responsible for the overall functioning of the department and for co-ordinating its work with the State Government, so that Government policy for the co-operative sector is actually carried out on the ground. …
The Commissioner's power of overall supervision and direction over all subordinate registrars and offices of the Co-operation Department, ensuring that the statutory powers under the Act are exercised uniformly, fairly, and in line with …
The Commissioner's function of planning and promoting the growth of the co-operative movement — advising the Government on policy, encouraging co-operative education and training, strengthening weak societies, and expanding co-operation into new sectors — as distinct fr …