The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) is seeking an urgent meeting with the new minister for crofting over the Crofting Commission's actions against grazing committees. .
The SCF demanded a full external inquiry into the debacle.
The row escalated after the commission installed a grazings constable to replace the Upper Coll village committee.
Fiona Mandeville, chair of the SCF, said the behaviour of the Crofting Commission is causing "widespread resentment and bewilderment."
Outrage at Crofting Commission's behaviour
10 May 2016
She added: “We are all completely dismayed that the body that is supposed to be promoting the interests of crofting is instead behaving so negatively and harmfully. It seems to have lost all sense of reason.”
A vote of no confidence in the commission was unanimously passed at a SCF forum held over the issue on Friday.
Ms Mandeville said the meeting also thought it would be appropriate for the convenor of the commission to "stand aside" whilst an investigation into its actions is carried out."
She added: "The SCF fully supports this."
Ms Mandeville continued: "How does the Crofting Commission intend to manage the day to day running of the grazings that they have left with no committee?”
Ms Mandeville continued. “Claims for CAP support are due imminently, both by committees on behalf of grazings and by individuals who need agreement of their grazings committee to use extra soumings. Large amounts of money, and we are talking thousands of pounds, will be lost.
"Will the Crofting Commission be ready to compensate for losses? Or do they expect the constables they are imposing on the grazings to do this? Whilst being questionable in legality, imposing constables is belligerent, particularly as shareholders are expected to pay them."
“The issue seems to be around how committees manage their operational reserves. The Crofting Act is open to interpretation on exactly how this is supposed to be done but grazings committees have always taken a pragmatic approach.
"The commission have apparently recently taken an interpretation that is simply unworkable. We are hearing from many committees that if they are forced to pay out all their operational reserves they will simply have to wind up management of the grazings. That will be the end of this unique system, which we hope is not the intention. The Commission is being utterly irresponsible.
“Prior to summary dismissal, grazings committee members were called by the commission to meetings with no warning of what the meeting was to be about.
"The commission are carrying on in the same authoritarian vein with another summons to their meetings again, with no consultation as to suitability of date, time or venue."
Ms Mandeville concluded, “We understand that there may be other sacked grazings committees. The Commission has to be reined in and held to account."