Further, Section 80P(4) operates to exclude a claimant that is itself a co-operative bank; it does not generally deny Section 80P(2)(d) deduction to an ordinary co-operative society merely because its investment is with a co-operative bank. Facts in brief are that the assesssee is a primary Agricultural Cooperative Society registered under the Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act, 1959. 12/02/2025] whereby interest earned by co-operative society on its investment with GSCBL was held as deductible u/s 80P(2)(d) of the Act. This continues to hold the field irrespective of class within which such recipient assessee society or a payer society is registered. GSCBL although is a co-operative bank in common parlance but not a co-operative bank strictly within the meaning assigned in Part V of BRA.