I live in AWHO Housing society in Hyderabad. Issue is as follows
- Society comprises of owners and tenants living in the approx. 600 dwellings inside the society.
- Society is discriminating on the monthly maintenance charges between the owners and tenants. For owners they are charging Rs.1,000 and for tenants Rs.1,500.
- Logic given is that this amount for the tenant dwellings is being levied on the owners of such dwellings, since they have an extra income coming due to tenants paying monthly rent (which an owner staying in his own dwelling is deprived of), a 50% extra MMC is being charged.
- Point to be noted is that this is being paid out to the society by the tenants only who are living in such dwellings.
- Tenants are finding this very discriminatory since there is nothing extra they are getting when compared to owners under any circumstances.
- Tenants want to go to court, they sent legal notice to Society. Society is threatened they will disconnect essential services like water and trash carrying if they even question society about such rules.
- Society says Tenants do not have any locus standi as per bye laws of the society, whatever society decides is full and final, tenants will not raise a whisper or whimper about such issues.
- if they dislike, they should get out of the society without any protest.
All tenants are very hassled, many tenants have come under pressure and paid, many want to fight it out. what should we do? Should we go to Consumer court? If we get a stay on the Society not to disrupt essential services, should we file for a caveat in the civil court also? Please advise...Society is threatening to cut services on December 1st, 2012.