TheMaharashtragovernment has directed all the , including the housing ones, to submit their audit reports inMarathilanguage.
The move, the circular says, is aimed at making it easy for majority of cooperative department officials, stakeholders, auditors and office bearers of the societies who speak and write in Marathi language in taking proper review and actions.
However, the circular allows English version for those societies which have made a required resolution in their general body (GB) while appointing the auditor.
As per the Marathi bhasha circular of May 07, 2018 and section 81 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Society Act, it is mandatory to have all official or statutory transactions in Marathi language so as to address larger section of people involved in the societies and for this it is mandatory for all the auditors appointed by the society to have a proper knowledge of the language.