Section 18A(2)(j) in The Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Rules, 1961
(j)to summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses and to compel the production of any books, accounts, documents/securities, cash or other properties belonging to the society de-registered which have vested in him but are in the possession of any person or body corporate by same means and in the same manner as provided in the case of civil case under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908;