Section 29(5) in The U.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1965
(5)A co-operative society may have as many members in its Committee of Management as may be provided in its bye-laws but an Apex Society may have its Committee of Management subject to a maximum of seventeen members, a central society may have its Committee of Management subject to a maximum of fifteen members and every other co-operative society may have its Committee of Management subject to a maximum of thirteen members. Any other committee or sub-committee of the society shall be smaller than its Committee of Management and in no case such committee or sub-committee shall consist of more than seven members:Provided that in the Committee of Management of every co-operative society four seats shall be reserved of which one shall be for the person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, one shall be a person belonging to the Other Backward Classes of Citizens and two shall be for the women.
