Separate Cell to monitor unregistered housing societies in state

By Realty Quarter Bureau

State Minister Co-operation Shri Subhash Deshmukh has announced a separate cell to monitor the unregistered housing societies in state. According to the statistics only 90,000 societies have been registered with the departments. He said, ‘’this has been a long-standing demand as a separate unit can help with registrations and also help societies with their conveyance, auditing issues and check elected member’’.

The minister that a separate cell was essential as too many cooperative societies come under one umbrella and those citizens find it difficult to address existing issues on housing. “There are too many societies under one roof. We need to have a separate wing, which will make the operations of monitoring and execution of the Act easier as there are several housing societies that are not registered. These unregistered societies will come under the scanner,” Deshmukh added.

The new cell will be effective in next 3-4 months and will look after the issues concerning societies, land ownership, registration, redevelopment, deemed conveyance.

The committee will explore effective laws and efficient procedures to help society members achieve deemed conveyance (ownership) of a piece of land without any hindrance from builders. Department officials said they would work out clear-cut guidelines for management, conducting repair works and publicgrievances.

The notification also suggested that the new law take care of the needs of not just big housing societies and townships, but also bungalows and open plots. According to an official the law should encourage quality construction of apartments, transparent transfer of ownership, and routine maintenance.