Section 14C(1) in Himachal Pradesh Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks Act, 1979
(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, custom or usage, where the Agriculture and Rural Development Bank makes a loan or an advance to a member belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or to any other person having restricted rights of alienation over immovable property, it shall be competent to such member or person to create a gehan or mortgage or hypothecation on such property in favour of such Agriculture and Rural Development Bank as security for such loan.