Publications › Pass GDCA — Volume I · Paper I: Management of Co-operative Housing Societies, English e-book
Pass GDCA — Volume I · Paper I: Management of Co-operative Housing Societies, English e-book — One PDF volume for Paper I, Management of Co-operative Housing Societies: 307 pages, past papers 2019–2026 with worked answers and pointers
The cover
Paper I, Management of Co-operative Housing Societies, is the first paper of the Government Diploma in Co-operation and Accountancy and of the Certificate in Co-operative Housing Management. This volume is the whole book for it, 307 pages in one PDF: members, general bodies, the committee, books and registers, audit, MOFA, conveyance and redevelopment, built from a count of every Paper I from 2019 to 2026 and ending with the 2021 boss paper. The 40 per cent pass rule is explained, and the law is stated as on 1 October 2026.
Each one is answered in two lines here, and in full — with the provision and the mission that teaches it — inside.
Forty per cent in each paper, with an aggregate of 240 of 600; because 240 is six times forty, the per-paper line is the real one. Fail the examination as a whole but score 50 per cent or more in a paper, and that paper is exempted next time, but only if you claim it in the application form, every year.
Regulation 2012 cl. 12 · Board notice 2015Inside: ¶0.013 · ¶1.902
Any graduate of a recognised university, in any subject; or a permanent employee of Government, a co-operative institution or an APMC with the S.S.C. and five years' service (the Board's 2015 notice also lists the H.S.C. with three years). The 2012 regulation and the 2015 notice differ, so read the eligibility clause of the notification for your own sitting.
Regulation 2012 cl. 2 · Board notice 2015Inside: ¶0.011
In six of the seven sittings the objective block (full forms, blanks, match the pairs) and the short-note block carried exactly fifty marks together, and forty in the seventh. That is where the exemption lives, so the book drills them before everything else: Missions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.17.
Inside: ¶1.907 · ¶1.908
s.35(1): a resolution of not less than three-fourths of the members entitled to vote who are present at a general meeting held for the purpose, for acts detrimental to the interest or proper working of the society. Both provisos carry marks: a chance for the member to state his case, and the Registrar's approval. Grounds: Rule 28 and bye-law 48. Procedure: Rule 29. Bar on re-admission: s.35(2).
s.35 · Rules 28, 29 · bye-law 48Inside: Mission 1.5 · ¶1.924
s.154B-13, not s.30 (which s.154B(2) disapplies), though the 2026 match set keys the pair as "s.30 and s.154B-13", so cite both in an objective answer. Transfer on a testamentary document, succession certificate, legal heirship certificate or family arrangement, or to the nominee, who is admitted a provisional member until the heir is admitted. Say that nomination does not transfer ownership: the Note to bye-law 33 makes the nominee a trustee.
s.154B-13 · Rule 25 · bye-laws 31–34Inside: Mission 1.5 · ¶1.925
Name three sources in the first line: s.79 of the Act, Rule 65(1) of the Rules and bye-laws 140 to 142. Rule 65(1) is eleven items; bye-law 140 is sixteen and is the list the examiner works from. The verb is enlist, so it is graded by counting: a numbered list, one line an item, no connecting prose.
s.79 · Rule 65(1) · bye-laws 140–142Inside: Mission 1.8 · ¶1.932
s.81(1)(a): accounts audited at least once in each financial year, completed within four months of year-end, by an auditor from the panel prepared by the Registrar and approved by the State Government, appointed by the general body under s.75(2A); the report is laid before the annual general body meeting. Add s.81(1)(c), the twenty-society cap, s.81(2), the auditor's powers under s.81(3) and (4), and the report under s.81(5B).
s.81 · s.75(2A)Inside: Mission 1.11 · ¶1.937
The largest descriptive topic in Paper I: 22.9 marks a year, asked in all seven sittings. s.154B-10(5): pay the dues within the time decided in general meeting; vacate the flat when required for redevelopment as decided in general meeting; perform the duties under the Act, Rules and bye-laws. s.154B-10(4) is the sanction. Fill from bye-laws 42 to 47, close on bye-laws 60 and 61, and take the headings from the question's own words.
s.154B-10(4), (5) · bye-laws 42–47, 60, 61Inside: Mission 1.5 · ¶1.922
First general meeting: Rule 59(1) and bye-law 84, convened by the Chief Promoter. Annual general body meeting: s.75(1), business at bye-law 94 and s.75(2), adoption under s.75(4). Special general body meeting: s.76(1); under bye-law 95 it may transact no business beyond the notice, and s.76(3) lets the Registrar call it himself. Quorum is bye-law 99; failure of quorum, bye-law 100. At fifteen marks give all three with authority, notice, quorum and business; an answer giving only two caps at ten.
ss.75, 76 · Rule 59 · bye-laws 84–100Inside: Mission 1.7 · ¶1.929
Paragraphs as they are printed in the volumes, each with the authority it rests on. This is the style of every page.
That is a taste. The full book has every mission, every past paper and the worked answers behind it.
Every figure is the figure you pay — nothing is added at checkout.
One PDF volume. Also sold in the CHM Set (Papers I–III) and the Complete Set (all six papers)
Volume I is the book for Paper I, Management of Co-operative Housing Societies, of the Government Diploma in Co-operation and Accountancy (GDC&A). Papers I to III are also the three papers of the Certificate in Co-operative Housing Management (CHM), so this volume serves CHM candidates as well. The volume is complete for its own paper and does not need the other five.
No. The book says so on its imprint page: it is not published, endorsed, approved by or affiliated with the Board, the Commissioner for Co-operation or any other authority. The Board has published no answer key or marking scheme, so no mark figure or answer in the book is the Board's unless the book says so in terms.
The law is stated as it stood on 1 October 2026, including the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules, 2026, which inserted Chapter XI-B for housing societies. Where a past paper was set on older law, the book prints both and tells you which to write. Fees, rates and other figures a circular can change are printed with their source and date, or left out; check them against the Board's notification for your sitting.
Only if you need more than one paper. This volume alone is ₹499. Papers I–III are the three papers a CHM candidate sits: three single volumes cost ₹1,497, against ₹1,399 for the English CHM Set, a saving of ₹98; the Set also costs just ₹401 more than any two volumes. For all six papers, six volumes cost ₹2,994, against ₹1,699 for the English Complete Set, a saving of ₹1,295. The set prices are introductory prices valid until 31 December 2026. If this paper is all you need, buy this volume.
Payment gives you a download link on the confirmation page and by email. Your file stays in your Library at societysewa.in/library, which you open any time with your email address; the emailed link also works for 12 months. The file is one PDF: open it in any PDF reader on a phone, tablet or computer.
Yes, sold separately. It is translated from the English edition; legal terms follow the Board's Marathi papers and the Marathi Act. This English edition is the original.
Yes. Corrections received are carried into the next edition, and buyers of this digital edition receive the corrected file free of charge from their SocietySeWA library at societysewa.in/library.
The licence is for the buyer's personal study: the files may not be shared, resold or posted online. Digital downloads are delivered at once, so sales are final; if a file will not open or is damaged, write to support@societysewa.in and we will re-send or fix it.
Corrections received are carried into the next edition, and buyers of this digital edition receive the corrected file free of charge from their SocietySeWA library at societysewa.in/library. Each edition states the date the law was read: law as on 1 October 2026. Figures a circular can change, such as fees, rates and thresholds, are printed with their source and date, or left out; check them against the current circular and the Board's notification for your own sitting.
The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, the Rules, the bye-laws and the Board's past papers are public. What you pay for is the work of reading all of it against the papers: a frequency map of every GDCA paper from 2019 to 2026, the missions built from it, the past papers with worked answers and pointers, the cheat sheets. The Board has published no answer key, marking scheme or weighting, so every mark figure in the book is the Board's printed figure or the authors' own count, and says which. Seven sittings show a tendency, not a promise: each campaign prints its worst year as well as its average. The book does not guarantee a pass, is not endorsed by the Board, and is not legal advice.
This is an examination guide. It states the law as it stood on 1 October 2026 and does not apply it to anyone's facts. For a live dispute, a bye-law question or a notice you have received, take the papers to a qualified advocate.
Open your library with the address you paid with and your copy is there permanently. Or have a fresh download link emailed instead: