Rights of Members
Relevant Act sections and Model Bye-laws relating to rights of members.
Relevant provisions
Eligibility and Additional Parking Slots
A Member having a vehicle will be eligible to have parking slot. Normally no Member shall be eligible for being allotted more than one parking slot. The vehicles may be owned by him or allotted to him by his employer, or the firm of which he is the partner or the company of which he is the director. If any parking slots remain unallotted for want of applicants, additional parking slots may be allotted to such Members who already have a slot allotted to them in normal course. Such allotment of additional parking slots shall be made on year to year basis, provided the same are not required by other Members, who have not been allotted even a single parking slot.
Model Bye-laws - Housing Society - English · 2014Rights of Members to inspect documents
be entitled to inspect, free of cost, at the society’s office during office hours, or any time fixed for the purpose by the society, a copy of the Act, the rule and the bye-laws, the last audited annual balance sheet, the profit and loss account, a list of the members of the Committee, a register of members, the minutes of general meetings, minutes of Committee meetings and those portions of the books and records in which his transactions with the society have been recorded. rate as may be decided by the Registrar, from time to time, the copies of any documents mentioned in the foregoing sub-section within forty-five days from the date of payment of such fees and when the Society is assisted by the Government in the form of share capital, loan and land, the said Society shall furnish such information within thirty days from the date so requested by a member.
The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 · Text as on 6 June 2025Rights and duties of Member
as provided under this Act, rules and bye-laws. (2) Every Member of a housing society, whether registered before or after the commencement of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Mah. XXIII of 2019), to whom plot of land or dwelling units have been allotted, shall be issued certificate of allotment by the co-operative housing society under its seal and signature in such form as may be prescribed. Subject to the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882) or the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), any allotment (including re-allotment), of a plot of land or dwelling unit in a building of a co-operative housing society to its Member as per terms of allotment shall entitle such Member to hold such plot of land or dwelling unit with such title, right and interest, as the case may be. (3) Except when there is a contract to the contrary, a Member of co-operative housing society shall not be entitle to any title or interest in any plot of land or dwelling unit in a building of a co-operative housing society until he has made such payment as may be specified by the co-operative housing society towards the cost of such plot of land or, construction of such dwelling unit, as the case may be, to the co-operative housing society. (4) No Member shall be eligible for being appointed, nominated, elected, co-opted or for being a Member of a Committee, if he is a defaulter of the society. (5) (i) It shall be the duty of the Member of the society to pay the dues of the society within time as decided by society in its general meeting. (ii) Member shall vacate the flat when required for redevelopment of the building or buildings of the society as decided in its general meeting. (iii) Member shall perform his duties as provided in this Act, rules and bye-laws. (6) The Associate Member shall have right to contest the election to the Committee with prior written consent of a Member. (7) Any action contemplated against the original Member in the Act shall be applicable to such an Associate Member.
The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 · Text as on 6 June 2025Voting rights of Member
in its affairs : Provided that, every right to vote shall be exercised personally : Provided further that, in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a casting vote in the meeting of a society. (2) The Associate Member shall have right to vote with prior written consent of a Member. (3) The provisional Member shall have right to vote. (4) In case of joint Member the person whose name stands first in the share certificate, shall have right to vote. In his absence, the person whose name stands second, and in the absence of both, the person whose name stands next and likewise, who is present and who is not a minor, shall have right to vote. right to vote. (6) In case of company or firm or any other body corporate or local authority or any legal body constituted under any law for the time being in force, the authorised director or person or any one of the partners as appointed by the firm, shall have right to vote.
The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 · Text as on 6 June 2025Disclaimer: The statutory sections and Model Bye-laws displayed here are provided solely for general information and reference. They are not a certified legal publication or a certified copy of any society's registered/adopted bye-laws. Law, rules, notifications and society-specific bye-laws may be amended. In case of any discrepancy, the current official Act, Rules, Government Resolutions, Notifications, Circulars, competent-authority orders and the concerned society's registered/adopted bye-laws shall prevail. Users should verify the current applicable provisions and obtain professional legal advice where required.