H015🏠 Housing & PropertyReply draft
Housing society charging excessive maintenance
What you need to know
Society maintenance charges must be decided at General Body Meeting with audited accounts. Arbitrary or excessive charges without transparency can be challenged under Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act.
Your rights
1
Audited accounts of society expenses
2
Challenge excessive charges at GBM
3
Approach Registrar of Co-operative Societies
4
View all receipts and payment records
What you should do now
Action first1
Ask for justification in writing
- Email/letter to society secretary requesting audited accounts and GBM minutes approving the charge
- Give 7-day deadline
2
Raise at next GBM
- Put your objection formally on the GBM agenda
- Bring other members — collective objection carries more weight
3
If society ignores
- File complaint with Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Gujarat
Acts applicable
Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act 1961
gujaratMaintenance and audit provisions under bye-laws
Where to complain
Consumer complaint portal: e-jagriti.gov.in (replaced edaakhil.nic.in as of Jan 2025). Labour complaints: col.gujarat.gov.in. All links verified June 2026 via web search against official government sources.