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Hi, my building along with other buildings are going in cluster redevelopment. Yesterday while the first 50% of hardship corpus was given, there was an aribitary deduction only me and one more person from my society. No official explanation given but society says we took out extra scrap while handing over keys which we didnt. Infact many people did more including committee members but I’m being targeted. My DA does not include any terms and conditions on removing scrap from home. My secretary is not supporting and washing his hands off. CHS, property-related issues

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i have given twice society nomination forms over last few years, however they are not recording it, at the same time, they have stopped sending me Maintenance Bill / AGM notice / Annual reports / etc

society has filed a law suit for not paying the bills, which we have challenged and Cooperative court has dismissed the case as society had no show over last few court hearings, as per my Advocate, society has no recourse as some of the dues are over 3 years old

i am not sure society is aware of the court judgement and your guidance will be highly appreciated as to my further action

recently there was a meeting for redevelopment but they did not inform me

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1. At the time of making the Agreement between Developer and Buyer, the Develdoper / Builder gives a Schedule of construction and the last one says January 2025 Possession. However, both in RERA and Agreement the possession date is shown as December 2025. Then which date will RERA consdier for possession. The Schedule given as January 2025 or RERA date of December 2025.

2. If possesion is given now can one demand interest from January 2025. Is it allowed.

3. Suppose the amenities are not over and developer obtains OC then should one take possession or should one wait till amenities get over (another 4-5 months) or should one take possession with remark stating amenities not yet ready (builder generally does not allow this, though). What is your view and legal standing.

4. Can I approach RERA after taking possession, if interest for delayed possession from February 2025 is not given. Will the case hold good.
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One of our Committee Member of Society wanted to send his associate member to attend the agm or sgm can he do it. How? CHS, property-related issues

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Agreement with the tenant is for 1 month advance notice which starts on 1 march 2025 for 3 years and a 6 month lock in period .

Now tenant has given a notice on 18 January that he want to leave but want to pay only till 18 February as he says it is a one month notice period requirement .

Explained to him your month starts from the 1st of every month and rent will be needed for February in full but he insist that no this need to be pro data base and he should be allowed to pay till 18 feb only and not 28 feb .

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Shirish Shanbhag Shirish Shanbhag has an MSc in Organic Chemistry, Diploma in Higher Education, a Diploma in a French and has completed his LL.B. in first class, in 2021. Before his retirement, he was a junior college teacher at Patkar College from July 1980 to May 2012, where he taught theoretical and practical chemistry. Post retirement in 2012, he started providing guidance and counseling to people on several issues, with a specific focus on co-operative housing society related matters. Adv Shanbhag has a kee

AV Shenoy AV Shenoy hold degrees in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from VJTI, University of Bombay and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Worked as a Design Engineer in Electrical Business Group of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. at Powai from October 1969 to September 2001 and retired as Dy. General Manager. Also worked as a Facilitator/Trainer for implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 9000 in the organization. Since r

Abhay Datar Abhay Datar is a consumer activist. After working at Bank of Baroda for about 29 years, he retired as IT Manager. After retirement, Mr Datar joined Consumer Guidance Cell of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) in 2008 and solved many cases related to banking including online fraudulent transactions, misuse of credit cards and ATM cards. Also handled cases related with mobile banking frauds and mediclaim. He was a Member of the Managing Committee of MGP till March 2021.

Shailesh Gandhi Shailesh Gandhi is a former Central Information Commissioner for the Right to Information Act. He is a successful RTI activist and a regular speaker at Moneylife Foundation.

Dr Rajendra Ganatra Dr Rajendra M Ganatra, was a banker for two decades and is now a registered Insolvency Resolution Professional, restructuring consultant and visiting faculty for MBA. He has more three decades of experience in project finance, asset reconstruction and financial restructuring. He is a Registered Insolvency Professional and has been the former MD & CEO of India SME Asset Reconstruction Co. Limited

Samir Zaveri An extraordinary activist who has dedicated his life to the cause of railways, with a mission to help every rail commuter and accident victims, and improve Railway safety.

Yogesh Sapkale Yogesh Sapkale is Deputy Editor of Moneylife and writes on legal, RTI, and consumer issues

Sucheta Dalal Trustee - Moneylife Foundation

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