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rishi (partner)     11 October 2014

Apartment assciation disputes

I am living in a 62 flats apartment in Bangalore in which builder had made a registered association. Since last five years their has been no elections, no formal meeting procedures,books of accounts etc.builder and his four confident people manages the entire apartment and charges hefty amount per square feet,If someone doesn't pay they disconnect the water facility.

Builder has not handed over the building documents till now.I believe manager and builder siphon off the funds because the maintenance cost is coming at 3.6 rupees a square feet.I would like to know how to get the things regularised ? Is their any government agency which does audit of registered society papers and its correct conduct of affairs?

When I took the flat I was not sure I need to pay such exhorbitant rates !! It was just two rupees a square feet in first year.Builder didn't gave any corpus fund and eaten away everything.



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B.T. RAVI (LEGAL MANAGER)     11 October 2014

A. Whether association registered or not ?  Is there any by laws for your society or not ?

B. You can approach the Consumer Forum against the builder to give instructions to hand over all original document to Society.

C. You can lodge the complaint against the society before the Registrar and approach the ARCS OR DRCS court with respect to the same.

D. Contact local auditor to scrutinize your association's account .

rishi (partner)     12 October 2014

Hi Ravi,

A.Association is registered having proper bye laws.We havent been provided with the copies of the same.

B.Should I ask for the documents in writing to builder or Association president before moving to consumer forum.It seems he had written letter to society president for taking the handover of documents but society president being his person had not taken any action.

C.What is ARCS and DRCS Court? How do we file a complaint to them?

D.How could I hire a local auditor (Chartered accountant) on behalf of society? Since I cant give him any documents to check. Despite my repeated mails to president on bank statement details its not been provided? whats the recourse?

E.What documents are required to sell the property? I have sale deed and Khata along with floor plan master sheet.


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