Hi
I live in a Co-operative Housing Society Multistoreyed building in Kolkata. There are about 45 apartments in the complex. As per West Bengal Cooperative Societies Law, we have a board of members who are elected for one year.
Sometimes residents can avail of the basement area of the Complex for small functions subject to necessary approval from the Society. Recently the Society gave permission to one of the residents for holding his son's marriage reception. Now this turned out to be a big, grand affair and consequently caused considerable inconvenience to all other residents of the complex. Besides shifting out all our cars from the basement area onto the road, many residents who are senior citizens and some of them ailing, had to bear with this disturbance throughout the whole day. Then again, in the evening, a stage was set and singers performed for which the cacophony was annoying.
I would like to know whether a Cooperative Society can legally give out permission to hold such type of functions which are not at all small in nature. After all, this complex is not a house meant for "Marriage Receptions".
Secondly was there any way by which we, residents could stop the Society from giving permission to hold such a function in our premises?
Even then if the Society went its way in giving permission, could we have taken help of the Law to prevent this function from being held ?
Pls advice
