Chapter X Chapter X

SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR RECOVERY OF SALE-PROCEEDS FROM PURCHASE OF GINNED COTTON, COTTON BALES AND COTTON SEEDS

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, 4[when ginned cotton, cotton bales] or cotton seeds are supplied or sold to any person by or on behalf of the State Government, and there is a default in payment of the amount payable for the purchase of 5[such cotton, bales or seeds,] then on an application by an officer or person authorised by the State Government made in the prescribed manner, the Registrar may, after holding such inquiry as he deems fit, and after giving the party concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard grant a certificate for the recovery of the whole or any part of the amount stated in the application to be due as arrears.
2. (2) A certificate by the Registrar under sub-section
3. (1) shall be final and conclusive as to the arrears due. Without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, the arrears stated to be due in such certificate shall be recoverable according to the law and under the rules for the time being in force for the recovery of arrears of land revenue.

The Registrar may recover any amount due under a certificate granted by him under the last preceding section in the same manner in which he recovers any amount due under a certificate granted by him under sub-section

1. (1) or
2. (2) of section 101 or under sub-section
3. (1) of section 137 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, and for that purpose he shall have all the powers under section 156 and other provisions of that Act and the rules made thereunder, as if the amount due were dues under that Act.