Section 390(a) in The U.P. Co-operative Societies Rules, 1968
(a)every such Apex Society as a co-operative Federal Authority in respect of the societies which are affiliated to that Apex Society (or to such co-operative society which is affiliated to the Apex Society) and which, in the opinion of the State Government, are in the same line of business or activity as is that of the Apex Society, or
