EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Details) - ESOP Shares	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
ESOP Shares [Abstract]
Allocated shares	2,309,812	2,335,040
Unallocated shares	1,934,338	2,135,287
	4,244,150	4,470,327

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The shares or units in an ESOP trust that have been assigned to individual participant accounts based on a known formula. IRS rules require allocations to be nondiscriminatory generally based on compensation, length of service, or a combination of both. For any particular participant such shares or units may be vested, unvested, or partially vested.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 40

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (d)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6418621&loc=d3e17540-113929

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- Definition

The shares that, although not legally released, will be released by a future scheduled and committed debt service payment and will be allocated to employees for service rendered in the current accounting period. The ESOP documents typically define the period of service to which the shares relate. ESOP shares are released to compensate employees directly, to settle employer liabilities for other employee benefits, and to replace dividends on allocated shares that are used for debt service.

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- Definition

Sum of the allocated, committed-to-be-released and suspense shares of the entity held by the plan.

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