Section 14A(3) in Jharkhand Co-operative Societies Act, 2008
(3)No election to any class or classes of registered societies notified under sub section (1) shall be called in question except by way of election petition filed within forty five days from the declaration of the result and the same shall be decided as a dispute under section 48 of this Act.C. The process of elections of every registered society shall be started six months before the term of office of the outgoing managing committee comes to an end, however the newly elected managing committee shall take over charge or deemed to have taken over charge of the office on expiry of the term of the outgoing committee.