Society pressured to sign redevelopment without 75% consent

What you need to know

Minimum 75% member consent at a Special General Meeting (SGM) with 14-day advance notice is mandatory before any redevelopment agreement. Dissenting members have full legal protection.

Your rights

75% member consent at properly convened SGM mandatory

14-day advance notice of SGM agenda

Oppose and remain in possession

Equal benefits even as dissenting minority

What you should do now

Action first

Verify the SGM process

Ask secretary in writing for: SGM notice date, list of members who consented, and minutes
Check if 14-day advance notice was actually given to all members

File formal written objection

Submit objection to society committee AND builder
State that SGM was not properly convened — agreement is void

Escalate

File complaint with Registrar of Co-operative Societies
If agreement is being executed — approach Gujarat High Court for injunction

Acts applicable

Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act 1961

gujarat

Section 79A — SGM for redevelopment

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016

central

Registration and consent requirements

Where to complain

Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Gujarat Gujarat RERA — File Complaint

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.