The Maharashtra cabinet has made it mandatory for office-bearers of cooperative housing society to share financial details, if sought with their members.
The cabinet said if the office bearers committee fails to
provide information, it will be fined Rs.25000.It amended the cooperative
housing society rules on Tuesday.
The cabinet also decided to allow members of the housing
societies with fewer than 200 members to hold their own elections every five
years. Until now, the societies had to request a government body, Maharashtra
State Cooperative Election Authority (MSCEA), to conduct elections, making the
procedure tedious and expensive.
The new rules will be benefit most housing societies in
Mumbai. Of more than 2 Lakh cooperative societies in the state, 1 lakh are
cooperative housing societies. Of them, 80000 have fewer than 200 members.
Mumbai has about 20000 housing societies with fewer than 200 members.
State cooperative department official said if members ask
for all details except personal ones, the managing committee will have to
compulsorily share them.
“Until now, it was on the society’s discretion
to give information, “said a cooperative department official. The cabinet also
announced that building with a minimum of five members against the 10.Source Hindustan Times 1 Aug 2018
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